Malaysians in Singapore hoping to take the train home to celebrate Chinese New Year next year may soon have to find an alternative mode of travel. According to Shin Min Daily News...
Malaysians in Singapore hoping to take the train home to celebrate Chinese New Year next year may soon have to find an alternative mode of travel.on Wednesday , tickets from Singapore to Johor Bahru for Chinese New Year Eve were sold out within a day, after opening for sale on Aug 30.in July that it would allow commuters to book train tickets six months in advance.
A check on the website by Shin Min found that all tickets for both Chinese New Year Eve and the day before have been sold out. For Feb 7, only tickets for the morning trips were left – and in limited quantity. Tickets returning to Singapore on Feb 12 and 13 have also been selling fast. Only tickets on the early morning trains before 8am were available.
One Malaysian, surnamed Yan, who managed to get train tickets to Johor on Feb 9, said she wasn’t sure how and when she would return to her hometown of Melaka, but didn't want to waste the opportunity of avoiding the Causeway jam.
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