Land VTL Bus Tickets Sold Out in 20 Minutes in 1 Provider; Server Overloaded in Another

By now, you’d probably know that on 29 Nov 2021, aeroplanes aren’t the only way you can travel into Malaysia from Singapore.

You can do so via the Causeway too; which is a good thing, especially when you consider how expensive it can get.

Now, you don’t have to be a prophet to know how popular the land VTL will get.

But popular enough to sell out within twenty minutes?

Land VTL Bus Tickets Sold Out in 20 Minutes in 1 Provider

Transtar Travel is one of two approved bus services for the land VTL, and at 8:23am, tickets for its bus services to Johor have sold out.

Tickets for bus service to Johor for the next 30 days started at 8am.

On Transtar Travel’s website, users only have 15 minutes to book up to 5 slots per trip.

A virtual waiting room was also created to handle “high user volume”.

Server Overloaded in Another

The other approved bus service is Causeway Link, or Handal Indah.

It was reported that the website had to extend waiting rooms to more than 10,000 people.

Users only had 10 minutes to make their bookings in the available slots and were told how many people are in queue ahead of them.

At 10.27am, the website was inaccessible.

Both websites did not appear to cope well with the demand and users had reported problems accessing the booking systems.

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The Quarantine-Free Land VTL

The land VTL will start on 29 November 2021, and it’s a Monday.

But not everyone can apply for the land VTL.

To enter Malaysia, you need to be a citizen, permanent resident or long-term pass holder of the country you’re going to. This effectively means that day trips for cheap seafood aren’t the goal here.

Instead, it’s for people who’ve been stuck in either Singapore or Malaysia due to the closure of the borders.

There is a limit of 1,440 travellers from each side, which means the limit is currently 2,880 for both sides every day.

For the land VTL, the only transport you’re allowed to travel on is one of the buses from the two approved service providers.

The good news is, you no longer have to squeeze like sardines in the bus because there is a maximum capacity of 45 “fully seated” passengers per trip.

Terminals for Singapore are the Woodlands temporary bus interchange and Queen Street Terminal.

The one in Woodlands is by Transtar Travel while the one from Queen Street Terminal is run by Handal Indah (yay, the familiar Causeway Link). Both services will end at the Larkin Sentral bus terminal.

It’ll cost $15 for an adult to travel from Singapore to Malaysia, and RM20 for a trip from Malaysia to Singapore. A child’s ticket will be $8 and RM10 respectively.

You can find out more about the quarantine-free land VTL here.

Read Also:

• 10 Must-Know Facts About the Land VTL Between JB & SG That’s Now Confirmed to Start on 29 Nov
• S’pore & JB Conduct Dry Run of Land VTL at Causeway with VTL Buses Spotted
• Observers Don’t Believe Day Trips to JB Are Possible Even When Land VTL is Ready

Feature Image: Facebook (Ministry of Trade & Industry & Teckchua Seah)