2019 Shopping at Johor Bahru by Bus and Train

2019

Overview

7:10 AMLeft home and walked to Jurong East MRT Station. We grabbed breakfast at Kopitiam before boarding Bus 160 at 7:45 AM for our trip to Johor Bahru.
8:30 AMThe journey took about 45 minutes to reach the Singapore immigration checkpoint at Woodlands Checkpoint.
Thousands of travellers were packed into the hall like sardines, and we slowly inched forward toward the 20-plus automated passport gates.
It took around 45 mins to clear immigration.
After that, we made a quick restroom stop and boarded Bus 160 again to cross the Causeway.
9:30 AMWe arrived at the spacious Johor immigration hall at Sultan Iskandar Building, where more than 20 manual counters were operating.
We joined the massive queues and, after nearly two hours of standing, finally cleared Malaysian immigration at 11:30 AM.
11:45 AMWe crossed over into Johor Bahru City Square, where festive stalls were already bustling with Chinese New Year goodies and treats.

Nice decorations at Johor Bahru City Square

As we had a light breakfast, we decided to have lunch first.

We came across Dragon Palace on the 3rd floor and decided to try their Peking Duck signature dish.

We were given two options:
a) Order half of the Peking Duck, but have to wait up to 45 mins for another customer to order the other half, or
b) Order the whole Peking Duck and can be serve immediately (which we selected to save time).

Preparing the skin for wrapping the Peking Duck meatWell cut and prepared slices of Peking Duck meatCrispy on the outside and tender in the inside Peking Duck Drum SticksAs we start our shopping walk, we saw a Ladies’ clothing shop having a bargain sales of shirts at 8 Ringgits !Wealth and Happiness walking around greeting the customersWhen for my Coffee break at Seasons Cafe for 6 Ringgits

My first experience taking KMT Shuttle Train from Johor JB Sentral to Singapore

When to KMT Customer Service Counter to confirm e-Ticket printout is ok. No physical exchange of train ticket is required.

KMT Ticketing Counters to purchase train tickets on-site

Once you have a valid Train e-Ticket, you can seat at the waiting area.
Our Train will depart at 3.15pm.

You need to be at GATE A 30 mins before train departure.
There is sufficient time to clear the Malaysian Immigration and to board the train.
Our train boarding started at 2.45pm and we got into our seat by 3pm.