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Why the new RTS won’t make me visit JB more often
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Journalist Rosalind Ang at a craft workshop with her husband in Johor Bahru in 2025.
ST PHOTO: ROSALIND ANG
SINGAPORE – When I think of Johor Bahru, I think of yummy food, medicine and beauty services – all at one-third of what they would cost in Singapore.
The time spent travelling to get these deals is set to decrease with the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link that is slated to begin operations in February 2027. The cross-border rail service will carry up to 10,000 passengers an hour in each direction, with a journey time of just five minutes.