| KTMB (Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad) Singapore Station |
- Train ticket(s) can be reserved through the KTMB web site before traveling. And then you will be instructed to collect and purchase it/them by the designated time. (see also here)
- Boarding time is around 45-60 minutes before scheduled time of departure.
The first class passengers can use the Bilik Kelas 1 (First Class Lounge).
Other passengers are obliged to wait at humid station yard till boarding
time.
- There are some restaurants, shop, left baggage corner and exchange counter
at the station. Of course it would be better to exchange in the city or
in the Sentral Kuala Lumpur station even if it is Sundays and public holidays.
- Malaysia's immigration is conducted at the Tanjong Pagar station in Singapore.
Before boarding, you must check passport control from Malaysia's officials.
And then you will receive an E/D card (embarkation and disembarkation card), but
NOT an "entrance stamp" in your passport. So Malaysia's officials
will ONLY register your passport number and explain this rule.
- Meanwhile you will receive an "embarkation stamp" from Singapore's
officials at Woodlands checkpoint station. When arriving the train, you
may be required to disembark with ONLY your valuables. In other words,
you can leave your luggage in the coach.
Further information can be taken by the web site "How to travel by train Singapore-Malaysia-Bangkok" and KL 'ready' to discuss checkpoint relocation by Straits Times July 8, 1998. |
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| Must keep it until the end of your travel! It's one of the proof of legal
crossing the border because you will NOT an "entrance stamp"
from Malaysia in your passport. |
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| Runs only 7 trains a day to and from Singapore |
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| The mural painting at the station |
The mural painting at the station |
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| The platform is complete darkness apart from the light of the signboard. |
I asked the station staff to take my photo before departure. |
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| In the premier night deluxe (first class sleeping car) |
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| This is in the premier night deluxe. I heard long-sleeved T-shirt is necessary
because it is getting chiller as time goes by, but it was comfortable temperature
for us. |
The premier night deluxe passengers are provided the above amenities: rental
bath towel, shaver, soap, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste. Unfortunately,
the shower room was poorly-lighted and hot water was not enough. |
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Supper menu
select from fried rice and noodle |
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