JOHOR BARU: Bus providers beneath the Vaccinated Journey Lane for land crossing (VTL-Land) facility kicked off Monday (Nov 29), with passengers crossing from either side of the Johor Causeway this morning.
Checks by Bernama on the Larkin Sentral Public Transport and Bus Terminal right here since 6.30 am confirmed that the place was quiet as not many Singapore residents, long-term move holders or everlasting residents took the primary bus to the island republic beneath the VTL-Land.
The primary Causeway Hyperlink bus left the terminal right here for Queen Avenue in Singapore at 7.30am with solely 5 passengers.
Nevertheless, the primary bus from Queen Avenue arrived on the terminal at 9.15am with a full load of 45 passengers. Tickets for the journey, the primary in virtually two years as a consequence of Covid-19 journey restrictions, have been reportedly snapped up in half-hour after bookings have been opened 4 days in the past.
For a begin, the VTL-Land will present quarantine-free journey for 1,440 individuals every manner day by day involving a complete of 64 journeys utilizing the Handal Indah (Causeway Hyperlink) and Transtar (Singapore) bus providers.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong are scheduled to launch the land VTL in Woodlands later Monday.
Senior Worldwide Commerce and Business Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong and International Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah are additionally anticipated to attend the ceremony.
Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad and Malaysian Excessive Commissioner to Singapore Datuk Azfar Mohamad Mustafar are additionally anticipated to be current.
Ismail Sabri earlier attended a pre-council assembly with ministers and officers this morning along with his first official go to to the republic Monday. – Bernama
