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Few Interesting Transport Facts –
Malaysia, Indonesia,
Singapore and Thailand
April 2009
Country Flag Currency Exchange Rate ($1)
Malaysia Ringgit MYR 3.60
Indonesia Rupiah IDR 10,950
Singapore Dollars SGD 1.50
Thailand Baht THB 35.50
In Johar Bahru (Malaysia), you can see the segregated Motor-cycle lanes. Motor-cycles and scooters just zip down
the lane.
In Batam (Indonasia), one can only find Radio Taxi or Metro Trans small buses.
A typical bus stop in Batam (Indonasia).
In Singapore, all bus stops has steel railing as per the bus number. This enforce commuters to form a queue while boarding the bus. At some bus stops, there were 7 steel
railing.
In Singapore, there are not large number of articulated buses visible on the road. Each bus has ‘stop button’
system, where the passenger needs to push the button to request driver to stop the bus at next station.
In Singapore, Metro Single Journey Tickets are available only at ticket vending machines. The machine issues single
journey card and keep SG$1 as security. The passenger need to submit the card in the machine to get the refund.
In Singapore, Metro doors are aligned with the safety gates at Metro Station. All underground stations have safety
gates.
This is the one of the best thing of Metro
System in Singapore. In India, we have only one single pole in the middle
for the passenger. In Singapore, they divided the single pole in three
part to provide extra space to passenger to
hold the handrail, while standing
In Pattaya City (Thailand), they have these types of small vehicles known as Baht Bus to carry passenger. They also
have a very good system of Motorcycle Taxi.
This vehicle is a pride of Bangkok (Thailand), famously called Tuk-Tuk. One need to bargain before boarding the
scooter.
In Bangkok (Thailand), the "cream" (or orange) colored air conditioned buses are the newest and most spacious. The fare starts at 10 baht for the first several kilometers, and
goes up slowly from there, to a maximum of 20 baht.
The blue air conditioned buses cost 8 baht for the first 8 kilometers, and the rate goes up slowly from there. A very
long ride across town may cost around 20 baht.
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