2 S'pore-JB bus services raise their fares

Two Singapore-JB bus services raise their fares


Commuters boarding Causeway Link bus at Kranji MRT station, heading towards Larkin Terminal in Johore Bahru on Oct 3, 2014. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI

Two cross-border bus services are raising their fares following the implementation of higher toll charges by Singapore on Oct 1.

Handal Indah, which runs the Causeway Link bus service between Johor and Singapore, will raise its fares by up to 80 cents from next Monday.

Passengers boarding the yellow buses at the Queen Street station will be ticketed $3.30 if they pay cash, up from $2.50 now.

"It's just unfortunate," said Handal Indah's station manager in Singapore, Mr Johnny Low. "We did not increase the bus fares drastically at all for about 10 years."

~News courtesy of Straits Times~

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Smooth traffic on Causeway as new toll charges kick on the S'pore side

Smooth traffic on Causeway as new toll charges kick in on the Singapore side


Drivers on the Seletar Expressway were reminded of new toll charges through overhead electronic signs, as the fee hike kicked in on the Singapore side on Oct 1.

Traffic was smooth on the Causeway in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the first day the revised toll charges on the Singapore side come into force.

It appeared to be business as usual when The Straits Times visited the Woodlands Checkpoint at 5.30am, with the new charges kicking in without a hitch.

Pumping petrol at Mesra petrol station was Mr Muhd Shawal, 40, one of those hit by the hike. The Singaporean businessman who lives in Johor was on his way to send his two children to school.

~News courtesy of Straits Times~