By train: train shuttle changes and cutting down a lot of prose
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=== By train ===
=== By train ===
[[File:JBSentral Night.JPG|thumb|250px|The new Johor Bahru railway Station]]
[[File:JBSentral Night.JPG|thumb|250px|The new Johor Bahru railway Station]]
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You
can
take
a
MRT
train
from
any
MRT
station
in
Singapore
to
Marsiling
MRT
station
(North-South
line)
.
This
is
the nearest MRT station (1.5 km or 15 min walk)
to
the KTM Woodlands Train Checkpoint. Note that there is a taxi rank in front of
the
pedestrian
exit/entrance to the KTM Woodlands Train Checkpoint. This train station is linked to the
Woodlands
Checkpoint
by
an
overhead
bridge
.
Once
you
walk
past
the
taxi
rank,
you
will
need
to
go
to
level
3
to
reach
the
overhead
bridge
using
the
escalators
or
elevators.
You
can also head to
the
taxi rank or go to the Marsiling MRT
station
on foot or by public bus once your clear Singapore immigration and customs
.
Instead
of
going
down
the
staircase/escalator
after clearing customs
,
walk along the passageway to the
left
of
the staircase/elevator
,
turn
left
and
then
walk across the overhead bridge until you see the escalators or elevators at the end. Use them to go to the ground level. SMRT bus number 950 goes between Marsiling MRT station and the Woodlands Checkpoint. Note that the last southbound train leaves Marsiling MRT station for Marina Bay
/
Toa
Payoh/Ang Mo Kio MRT station
(
the
last
stop
on the North-South line
)
at
23:10/23:46/00:35
respectively.
In
the
other
direction,
the
last
train
leaves
for
Jurong East MRT station at 00:29.
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Johor
Bahru
has
a
spanking
new
'''JB
Sentral'''
railway
station
along
Jalan
Tun
Abdul
Razak
and
Jalan
Jim Quee
.
It
is
connected
to
both
the
CIQ
and
City
Square
by
pedestrian
overhead
bridges
.
There
are
retail
outlets
(including
a
24-hr
7-Eleven
store),
food
and
beverage
outlets
and
money
exchange
offices
(
the
one
at
street
level
is
open
24
hr)
in
the
new
station.
There
are
coin-operated
(2
x
50
sen)
,
small
left
luggage
lockers
,
a
Muslim
prayer
room,
male
/
female
toilets
(
both
free
of
charge
)
,
a
police
post
and
a
tourist
information
booth
in
here
as
well.
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Johor
Bahru
has
a
spanking
new
'''JB
Sentral'''
railway
station
along
Jalan
Tun
Abdul
Razak
and
Jalan
Jim
Quee
.
It
is
connected
to
both
the
CIQ
and
City
Square
by
pedestrian
overhead
bridges
.
There
are
retail
outlets
(including
a
24-hr
7-Eleven
store)
,
food
and
beverage
outlets
and
money
exchange
offices
(the
one
at
street
level
is
open
24
hr)
in the new station
.
There
are
coin-operated
(2
x
50
sen)
,
small
left
luggage
lockers,
a
Muslim
prayer
room,
male/female
toilets
(both
free
of charge)
,
a
police
post
and
a
tourist
information
booth
in
here
as
well.
KTM train
services
to
and
from
here
started
on
21
Oct
2010.
The
old
train
station,
located
just
two
hundred
meters
south
of
JB
Sentral
along
Jalan
Tun Abdul Razak
and
facing
Merlin
Tower,
has
been decommissioned
.
+
KTM
trains
between
[[Singapore]]
and
West
Malaysia
(7
per
day
in
each
direction,
all
via
JB)
all
cross the
Causeway
.
All
trains
now
depart
from
the
Woodlands
Train
Checkpoint,
which
is
just
700 m from the start of the
causeway
.
Shuttle
trains
will
leave
Woodlands
for
JB
Sentral
at 06:30
,
08:00,
09:30,
17:00,
18:30, 20:00, 23:00
and
leave
JB
Sentral
for
Woodlands
at
05:30,
07:00,
08:30,
16:00,
17:30,
19:00,
22:00
.
When
you
depart
from
Singapore
by
train
,
you
get
stamped
out
by
Singapore
immigration
first
inside
the
Woodlands
Train
Checkpoint
,
and
just
across
the
hallway,
Malaysian
immigration
stamps you
in
before
you
board the
KTM train
.
In
the
reverse
direction,
Malaysia
immigration
stamps
you
out
on
board
the
train
at
JB
Sentral,
and
upon
the
train
reaching
Woodlands
Train
Checkpoint,
you
disembark
and
Singapore
immigration
stamps
you
in
.
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[[File:Railway
.
JPG|thumb|250px|The
old
Johor Bahru
railway
Station]
]
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Tickets from JB to Singapore are MYR5 and tickets from Singapore to JB are SGD5
.
Buy them at the counter at least 30 minutes before departure time. Although the train fare between Woodlands Train Checkpoint and JB Sentral is at least three times the bus fare between Woodlands Checkpoint and
Johor Bahru
CIQ,
it does have the advantage of avoiding potential jams on the Causeway. Go to [http://www.ktmb.com.my KTM's website
]
to buy on-line train tickets. Online ticket purchases can only be made within 30 days of the departure date but not less than 48 hr before the departure time.
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KTM trains between Singapore and West Malaysia (7 per day in each direction, all via JB) all cross the Causeway. All KTM services to and from the old Singapore railway station in Tanjong Pagar have ceased, and all trains now depart from the Woodlands Train Checkpoint, which is just 700 m from the start of the causeway. Immigration procedures are now back to standard international practice. When you go from Singapore to West Malaysia by the KTM train, you get stamped out by Singapore immigration first inside the Woodlands Train Checkpoint, and just across the hallway, Malaysian immigration stamps you in before you board the KTM train. In the reverse direction, Malaysia immigration stamps you out on board the train at JB Sentral, and upon the train reaching Woodlands Train Checkpoint, you disembark and Singapore immigration stamps you in. Given the fact that the train fare between Woodlands Train Checkpoint and JB Sentral is at least three times the bus fare between Woodlands Checkpoint and Johor Bahru CIQ, only train buffs should consider taking the train instead of the bus. The adult/child, one-way fare for tickets purchased online from JB Sentral to Woodlands Train Checkpoint is RM3, 7 or 11, /RM2, 6 or 10. In the other direction, the adult/child, one-way fare for tickets purchased on-line is S$5 or 11/S$5 or 10. If the tickets are purchased at the ticket counter, the adult, one-way fare is RM3 for all trains (JB Sentral to Woodlands Train Checkpoint, purchase the ticket no more than 30 minutes before the train's departure time) and S$3 or S$11 (Woodlands Trains Checkpoint to JB Sentral, purchase the ticket no more than 30 min or 24 hrs respectively before the train's departure time). The S$3 ticket is only for the 0800 and 1945 trains; the other train tickets cost S$11. Go to KTM's website [http://www.ktmb.com.my] and the '''Johor Bahru Sentral railway station''' website for the schedules/fares and to buy on-line train tickets. Online ticket purchases can only be made within 30 days of the departure date but not less than 48 hr before the departure time.
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The nearest MRT station (1.5 km or 15 min walk) to the KTM Woodlands Train Checkpoint is Marsiling MRT station on the North-South Line. SMRT bus number 950 goes between Marsiling MRT station and the Woodlands Checkpoint. Walk from Woodlands Checkpoint to KTM Woodlands Train Checkpoint through an overhead bridge on level 3. Note that the last full-service southbound train leaves Marsiling MRT station for [[Singapore/Marina Bay|Marina Bay]] at 23:12, though there are later MRT services that end at Toa Payoh or Ang Mo Kio. In the other direction, the last train leaves for Jurong East MRT station at 00:38.
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