travelling from KL to Singapore
Hi everyone,
wondering if any of you travel between these 2 places and know which way is the best to travel? Next Feb when I am over my husband and I are going over to see friends in Singapore and we have been advised going by bus might be just as quick as getting the plane by the time you travel to airport and check in time etc. Anyone had any experience of buses or trains doing this journey? I don't mind either mode of travel and regularly go between Aberdeen and London via train so don't mind the numb bum aspect :D Thanks in advance you have all been so helpful so far xxx |
Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
Originally Posted by nicola s
(Post 11024015)
Hi everyone,
wondering if any of you travel between these 2 places and know which way is the best to travel? Next Feb when I am over my husband and I are going over to see friends in Singapore and we have been advised going by bus might be just as quick as getting the plane by the time you travel to airport and check in time etc. Anyone had any experience of buses or trains doing this journey? I don't mind either mode of travel and regularly go between Aberdeen and London via train so don't mind the numb bum aspect :D Thanks in advance you have all been so helpful so far xxx When I was working in Malaysia in 2006 I had 5 different weekends in Singapore. The first time I flew, with JAL, but on each of the others I went overnight by bus - considerably cheaper! The buses are air-conditioned and quite comfortable. Most will have headrest tv screens (airline-style) as well. They do have 2/3 stops on the highway at service stations for comfort breaks. At the border, you do have to get off and go through immigration/customs control. None of the buses I travelled on had toilets, but some may do now. I don't think any had the facility to buy food on board, but again that may have changed. There certainly wasn't a great deal in it timewise, but it rather depends on when you want to arrive/depart. The bus takes (or did back then) around 5-6 hours. However, when I flew, the advantage was that I arrived late-ish Friday evening, whereas with the bus I was arriving early Saturday morning. I never tried the train, so cannot help you there! |
Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
Hi
I've used Aeroline couple of times and they're great. No probs at all: https://www.aeroline.com.my/ Regards Abdul |
Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
thanks Guys its great to hear the different ways to travel, we tend to take the train here when going to London as its comfortable and is quite stress free, think I am going to try by bus or train to experience it :D
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Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
Wouldn't get me on a bus on the expressway :scaredhair:
Will you be buying a car? Could drive down. We've done that a couple of times from Penang. |
Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
I've used the bus couple of times, as mentioned, and it's comfortable and safe. The time passes by quite quickly too.
The alternative I use is to travel by car. I only go as far as Johor Bahru, and park my car there at a friends house. I then get a bust from Larkin and cross the border. Abdul |
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Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
Oh...my cousin did this from Singapore to Thailand. It was a One Off once in a Lifetime trip but he said it was fantastic (and bloody expensive).
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Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
Originally Posted by bakedbean
(Post 11026101)
Oh...my cousin did this from Singapore to Thailand. It was a One Off once in a Lifetime trip but he said it was fantastic (and bloody expensive).
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Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
sounds like a great way to travel and Baked Bean we wont be doing it by Car think it will take my husband a while to get to grips with driving in KL x
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Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
Originally Posted by nicola s
(Post 11030317)
sounds like a great way to travel and Baked Bean we wont be doing it by Car think it will take my husband a while to get to grips with driving in KL x
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ah thanks Bluenose1 my husband has driven in a few different countries but is not so keen on City driving so if he struggles with Glasgow and Edinburgh here then he will probably avoid it for as long as possible in KL. He didn't attempt it in Jakarta although that really was wacky races but as we are putting down roots in KL think he will eventually x
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Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
The bus trip via areoline is good I have used it several times and only one trip was over the expected times. They provide a Malay meal and offer hot drinks, in Singapore they stop at the harbour and its easy to get a taxi to where you need to go and they have several stops in KL. They also stop several times on the way. The bus also has a down stairs sitting area and toilet.
Its not pleasant going through immigration if you have several bags of luggage though. |
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thank you so much, think we are plumping for the bus :D its only a weekend trip so will be 2 small hand luggage bags so im guessing then we will need to be careful with what drink we take through will it be 1 bottle each?
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Re: travelling from KL to Singapore
Aeroline bus drivers are trained to drive at the speed limit. Been on it few times. You can even charge your devices on the bus.
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