How would you like to travel to Johor Baru and to the newest mega mall, Danga City Mall, by train ? KTMB has started from Monday, 5 January 2009 running eight daily trips to and from Singapore to Danga City Mall ( four departing from its Tanjong Pagar station here and four returning). The trip to Danga City Mall is just five minutes from town centre.
Singaporean shoppers who make regular visits to the city have thus far favoured the City Square mall and shops in the heart of the town. With another option from KTMB, shoppers now just need another 90 minutes, including the time needed to clear immigration checks at the border, to get to Danga City Mall,
This month, promotional tickets will go for S$3 (RM7) for a single trip to the mall and RM3 to return here.
KTMB trains can carry about 200 passengers on each run, but can take up to 1,000 per trip by adding carriages.
According to Johor 's Tourism and Domestic Trade committee during a press conference recently, KTM's aim is to improve transportation between Singapore and Johor. Other areas such as hotels and places of interest like fishing wharfs and Lego-land Malaysia theme park are planned for the area.
With about 10 million travellers entered Malaysia from Singapore between January to September, seven million of them Singaporeans, it is definitely a big market to tap into.
