In Pictures: Land vaccinated travel lanes between Singapore and Malaysia open

Up to 2880 people are expected to travel each day.

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November 30, 2021 at 10:40 AM

Passengers waiting to board VTL buses to Malaysia at Queen Street Bus Terminal on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/NG SOR LUAN

Educator Tan Hui Yang (in flower print top), 33, is the second in line to board a VTL bus into Malaysia from Queen Street Bus Terminal on November 29, 2021. Her aunt, fellow educator Sherry Sim, 45, takes a selfie while they wait. Nov 29 happens to be Ms Tan's birthday. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/NG SOR LUAN

Handal Indah employees checking passengers' documents at Queen Street Terminal on Nov 29, 2021. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/NG SOR LUAN

Educator Tan Hui Yang boarding a bus departing for Malaysia at Queen Street Terminal on November 29, 2021. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/NG SOR LUAN

Passengers queueing to board the bus to Malaysia at Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

Passengers to Malaysia queuing to have their documents checked at the Transtar counter at Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange on November 29, 2021. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

A VTL notice outside Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange on November 29, 2021. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

A bus travelling under the Singapore-Malaysia Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) moving from Singapore towards Malaysia across the Woodlands Causeway, November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ONG WEE JIN

Passengers from Malaysia going through their documents with ICA officers before clearing immigration during the first day of operations of the VTL (Land) at Woodlands Checkpoint on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

Passengers from Malaysia going through their documents with ICA officers before clearing immigration during the first day of operations of the VTL (Land) at Woodlands Checkpoint on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

A passenger from Malaysia with VTL sticker during first day of operations of the VTL (Land) at Woodlands Checkpoint on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

Passengers from Malaysia going through immigration clearance at the automated clearance lanes during first day of operations of the VTL (Land) at Woodlands Checkpoint on November 29, 2021. They put on their masks after passing the gantries.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

Passengers from Malaysia boarding their VTL bus to Singapore after going through immigration clearance during first day of operations of the VTL (Land) at Woodlands Checkpoint on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

Passengers of SQ 108, the VTL flight heading for Kuala Lumpur, queue to check-in at the counter at Singapore Changi Airport terminal 3 on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GIN TAY

Passengers who travelled from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore on (VTL) Singapore Airlines flight SQ 107, collect their luggages at Changi Airport terminal 3 on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GIN TAY

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong exchanging fist bumps with his Malaysian counterpart Ismail Sabri Yaakob in front of a cross-border bus at Woodlands Checkpoint, during the launch of the land vaccinated travel lane between both countries, on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob exchange greetings during a photo-call at the Istana on November 29, 2021, following the morning's launch of the land vaccinated travel lane between both countries. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob posing with the Dendrobium Singapore Blue Antler x Dendrobium Singa Friendship during an orchid naming ceremony at the Istana on November 29, 2021. THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (L) calling on President Halimah Yacob during his visit to the Istana on November 29, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

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