Taking public transport to cheong places in johor bahru thread

[localbest]

The reason why I am opening this thread is that we can have a consolidated information on how to take public transport to the cheong places for easy reference.

As the cost of living in JB has risen quite substantially over the recent years, it is good to save on transport expenditure so that we can spend more on good food and better cheong package.

Although this thread is more relevant to sporean who does not drive, however it will also benefit the minority of msian cheongsters without their own transport.

As we are aware that during late March before Msia implemented its 6% GST, taxi fare in Johor Bahru has increased tremendously. The following are the component parts of the fare increase:

a) Flag down fare increase from rm3.00 to rm3.30

b) Journey fare increase from 85cents to rm1.25 every kilometre travelled.

c) Time fare increase from 10 sens every 21seconds to 25sens every 30seconds. Which means you will need to pay extra rm30 if there is a traffic jam for one hour which is possible if you are travelling to custom during a peak period. (1min=50sen, 60min=3000sens)

The time fare increase is the most critical and contribute the most to the total fare increase. Last time, the time fare was charged 30sen per min but now is 50sen per min. (almost double) As many roads in JB especially the city area are always jam during peak and off-peak season, taking a cab with the new time fare means commuter will have to pay much more.

For example, I took a cab from mount austin to city square. When there is no jam, the taxi fare costs about 22 ringgit. However when there is a congestion, it will costs 28 ringgit or maybe more and depending on how long the traffic jam would last. However, before the taxi fare increase at most the fare only registered 16-17 ringgit on the metre. But if you take bus, the bus fare only cost you rm2.30 nia.

Since now the taxi fare is expensive, you will notice that many taxi driver will want to switch on the metre unlike last time which they will just quote you a lump sum price for travelling from point A to point B.

However, for me rite now, I will only take a cab occasionally when I am in a rush or some ulu places which the bus doesn't reach.

Sometimes I do drive but would still prefer to take public transport to cheong as it is more economical and adventurous and without the need to worry about tol fee, parking fee, petrol fee and to get a parking lot.

The following below are my knowledge and experience in taking public transport (bus) to many towns in Johor Bahru which I would like to share with samsters. Kindly correct me if my info is outdated or inaccurate.

Brudders are also welcome to add your input and share your experience in taking public transport.

JB Sentral to Permas Jaya
You can take Maju service 10, Causeway Link service 23 and Transit Link service 123. You can take these buses from JB sentral and alight at the bus-stop near permas jaya macdonald. Once you alight, you may walk to the row of shophouses for cheong places like :
1) Goldpoint mp opposite macdonald
2) Wxxx mp above tim sum shop
3) Wxxx mp (no.2) opposite tea garden
4) Gxxxx Axxxx mp
5) Rxx Axxxx mp
6) Jia Li mp near bus terminal
7) Thai massage mp opposite Sime tire shop
8) Wangsa sihat mp near Yamaha
9) Bangkok traditional massage near Renaissance hotel

Jalan Wong ah Fook (opposite city square) to Bukit indah
You can take Central line (green color) service 708 alight at Bukit Indah Jusco
Maju service 221 alight at Bukit Indah
City bus (orange color) 301 alight at Bukit Indah Jusco
The cheong places around the vicinity include:
1) mp99
2) mp81
3) top 9 mp
4) man ting fang mp
5) Paris spa
6) rozie mp
7) Xiao long nue mp
8) Tung fong mp
9) zouk spa
10) purple sky mp

[longblack]

Thanks bro for the information.

I do take the occasional bus in JB but do not have enough info at times.

Those who are unfamiliar can always inform bus driver where you going and they will prompt you.

Thanks again for sharing.

[gaygayboi]

I don't know how to thank you enough. Will remember to up your points the moment I get some power.

[ttrentt]

These are great info..

Hopefully it can be made a sticky thread..

[localbest]

One thing to note about taking bus in Johor bahru is not like taking bus in Singapore. The frequency of the buses arrival is not always consistent, especially for the buses that do not leave from the bus terminals.

Unlike Singapore bus which are obliged to arrive punctually at the designated bus -stop and commuters can even know the estimated arrival time of the bus approaching the bus-stop by checking the app store using I-phone.

In JB, there are generally more buses in the morning than in the afternoon. The frequency of buses reduces as it gets later into the day.

However, buses that leave from bus terminals like Larkin, Jln Wong ah fook, JB sentral are more punctual as the buses are not allowed to wait at the bus bay for too long as there are always next arrival bus approaching the bus terminal.

JB Sentral to Jalan Sri Pelangi
You can take bus service 10A or 101 to Jalan Sri pelangi which is a long stretch of road spanning from Restoran Mun Gi all the way to the Hawk tyre shop. There are basically 2 bus-stops at Jalan sri pelangi for samsters to alight.

The first bus-stop is near the wash car place opposite Once more café. If alight at this bus-stop, you can easily walk to Pelangi leisure mall giant. The nearby massage joints include:
1) Tien ye mp - 6-8 prc masseuses
2) Footy care massage centre (subsidiary of Xiao long nu mp) - along jalan serempang
3) Galeri reflexology mp (along jalan serempang)
4) Ginho mp (along jalan serempang)
5) Feel reflexology along jalan pingai beside sambal house or internet café. Last time use to have hj, bj, fj, b2b by the viets or thais.
6) Xiao lin long mp along jalan pingai - local milf massage
7) Best place mp along jalan pingai (used to be very popular last time)
8) Good power reflexology along jalan pingai (if not wrong is a subsidiary of onlyone mp)
9)Thong yee thong reflexology along jalan kuning.
10) Xiao Long Nue mp along jalan kuning all prc as the name implies

However, if you alight at the second bus-stop along jalan sri pelangi infront of Yamaha music shop near sekolah agama taman pelangi, you may walk to the following nearby massage centres like:
11)Foot mark reflexology at jalan perang where the hawker centre is.
12) Feel good health centre beside foot mark mp.
13) Restylus mp along jalan perang.
14) Mp 78 reflexology at jalan perang beside MS elevator shop. (have NL and bakso)
15) U reflexology along jalan sri pelangi beside seven eleven

At almost reaching the end of jalan sri pelangi, where hong leong bank is, the bus does not go straight anymore but turn to jalan kuning. Therefore from the second bus-stop you have to walk straight further up of the jalan sri pelangi and you will come across the following massage joints:

16) Kings massage and spa opposite Hotel Sri Asian - a popular joint with many thai young masseuse, nice environment.
17) Only one mp above Chinese medical shop - about 5-7 prc massage girls.

[Karagoz]

Bro.. do you ever take public to Bukit Indah area?.. i see google map... far sia.

[Yaimster]

Originally Posted by bennylust

Bro.. do you ever take public to Bukit Indah area?.. i see google map... far sia.

Take CW3 (Jr. East) or CW6 (Boon Lay) better - even if you pay in SGD. Now CW3 goes to Gelang Patah for a stopover but till total journey shouldn't exceed 1 hr after leaving Jr. East Int.

You can also take CW3 from Larkin if you want to Bukit Indah (opposite direction). Think it's RM3 if I'm not wrong.

[localbest]

Bro, I do agree with you that it is rather far from Bukit indah jusco (which is the alighting point for the public bus) to the cheong places in bukit indah that are concentrated at the paris spa/alliance bank and oldtown kopitiam areas.

I have taken about 20 mins to walk from jusco bukit indah to paris spa once which the distance is about 1.5km apart..

However from paris spa to oldtown kopitiam bukit indah the distance is another 1.5km-1.8km and would take me about another 20 minutes if I need to walk there by foot.

However, one thing unique about the bus operating in JB is that the bus driver in his discretion, can allow the passenger to alight at any convenient and safe location other than a designated bus-stop.

Whereas in spore, passengers are only allowed to board and alight at the approved bus-stop.

Should the bus by chance passes via Tesco bukit indah before terminating at jusco bukit indah, then the bus passenger can press the bell and alight near tesco which is nearer to the cheong places.

Worst scenario is to take a cab to your desired joint from jusco and the cab fare will likely be cheap as the journey is short.

[Karagoz]

Thanks alot bros for the advice and suggestions!

[FujiSan]

Hi

JB Sentral to Jalan Sri Pelangi
You can take bus service 10A or 101 to Jalan Sri pelangi which is a long stretch of road spanning from Restoran Mun Gi all the way to the Hawk tyre shop. There are basically 2 bus-stops at Jalan sri pelangi for samsters to alight.



I think abv no longer in service.

Can take CT1 from bus terminal @ JB CIQ

Bus timing 6.55am,8.25am,9.35am,10.45am,2.20 pm,3.40 pm,5.00pm,6.30pm

Safer to be 10 to 15mins before you wish to take the bus

Its a loop service to sentosa area and back to bus terminal


Price $1.30 rm to pelangi

[localbest]

Originally Posted by FujiSan

Hi

JB Sentral to Jalan Sri Pelangi

I think abv no longer in service.

Can take CT1 from bus terminal @ JB CIQ

Bus timing 6.55am,8.25am,9.35am,10.45am,2.20 pm,3.40 pm,5.00pm,6.30pm

Safer to be 10 to 15mins before you wish to take the bus

Its a loop service to sentosa area and back to bus terminal


Price $1.30 rm to pelangi

Thanks bro for the update. Recently I also noticed that CT1 do pass by jalan sri pelangi. The travel route taken by CT1 is as follows:

The bus will start from JB Sentral via Bukit Chagar then to Stulang Laut (where the Zon is). After that it will pass by jalan sri pelangi (Taman Pelangi) then to Bakar Batu (where the malay kampong is) and then finally loop at Bayu Puteri.

CT1 is a yellow bus from causeway link. If you notice carefully, the shape of CT1 looks more like a tram rather than a "bus".

[localbest]

For the benefit of newbie who just started to cheong in JB, there are some basic facts to know which will make travelling easier for them.

After come out from the custom CIQ complex, there are basically two main roads branching out from JB city centre and they are known as jalan skudai and jalan tebrau..

The buses queuing at Jalan Wong Ah Fook are schedule to travel to the Western part of Johor bahru via Jalan Tun Abdul Razak before connecting to Jalan Skudai which is a very very long stretch of road that ends in Skudai Tol plaza at the north-south highway.

West JB is becoming more developed in recent years due to many iskandar development has been built around the region. Many banks and some govt departments have also shifted to the bukit indah areas. The largest areas of the western part of Johor is Skudai and it covers the housing estates such as Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Taman Skudai Baru, Taman Bukit Indah, Taman Perling and Taman Nusa Bestari and Taman University. All these townships have many massage parlours and hanky panky joints.

On the other hand, the buses at JB sentral bus terminal are scheduled to travel to North, South and East Johor Bahru via Jalan Tebrau before connecting to other roads like
1) east coast highway leading to permas jaya
2) pasir gudang highway leading to seri alam, masai, etc
3) jalan serampang leading to taman pelangi
4) jalan sutera leading to taman sentosa
5) jalan dato sulaiman leading to KSL, holiday plaza, etc

South JB is the main city centre or call bandaraya in bahasa which has a link to Singapore via the causeway. It is an area with old housing estates of more than 30 years old. Important estates of this area include Taman Pelangi, Taman Century and Taman Sentosa.

All these places which ever once flooded with many hotel health centres, pubs, papaya farms, dirty lupsup bars with strip shows, black glass salon, coffee shop with short time (you sit down drink coffee and many local WL will walk around for you to choose to book) and shophouse massage parlour, etc

North JB covers area like setia indah, mount Austin, desa jaya, desa tebrau, tama gaya, desa cermelang and ulu tiram (which is quite ulu). The main centre of the region is at Taman Johor Jaya, and it can be accessed via the trunk road Jalan Tebrau. Recently, the Mount Austin area has become very developed due to close distance to famous shopping mall like Jusco Tebrau City, Tesco extra and the upcoming IKEA(will be almost as big as Jusco building after construction) located in the vicinity. Mount Austin has many shophouse massage parlours opening up in the past few years to cater to the needs of the residents there and mostly concentrated at jalan mutiara emas, Austin perdana, Austin height where macdonald is, etc.

East JB is an area where housing estate like permas jaya, seri alam, masai, megaria, etc are located. The area also include Pasir Gudang which has been there for 20 over years and are both a port city as well as a manufacturing hub. The most well developed township is permas jaya with many cheong places, great food, shopping mall and many hotels.

[localbest]

JB Sentral to Amansari Spa
If you want to save money, you can take transit link city bus service 133 from jb sentral to masai and then take a cab to the spa.

The route of the bus will be as follows:

Board the bus at JB sentral pass Taman Pelangi then to Pandan City via jalan tebrau. After that it will continue to go to Tebrau City and reach Plentong via jalan Johor jaya. After that the bus will enter pasir gudang highway all the way to Masai.

There are 2 routes that you can take from there.

The first route.
If you alight at the bus stop with the overhead bridge just after the first seri alam flyover and after shell station, you will have to take a cab at the bus-stop to get to amansari spa by U-turn via the second seri alam interchange and back to the first interchange to persiaran seri alam which will lead to amansari spa.

The second route
Take the bus to the end which is the kota masai bus terminal then get a cab to amansari spa. But although this way not so confusing and easier to get a cab, however the journey from the terminal to the spa is still rather far away.

Alternatively, if you want to proceed directly to the spa without all these hassle from the custom, just take a cab at city square area and tell the driver you want to go to:

Amansari Residence Resort

Jalan Persiaran Seri Alam, Bandar Seri Alam Masai

The amansari de spa is inside the resort.

[Karagoz]

Bro.. thanks for the detailed overview! South JB sounds fun... heheh

[hottip]

Good info bro LocalBest. Just upped you 10 Rep Pts.