Two-hour delay, ticketing glitches: How my trip from JB to Singapore via the land VTL unfolded

JOHOR BAHRU/SINGAPORE: Since the starting of this yr, I've travelled between Malaysia and Singapore thrice and spent 45 days serving obligatory lodge quarantine.I've had to settle for that inconvenience and spending days in isolation have been merely the value of travelling throughout COVID-19.The extended border closures imposed due to the pandemic has made it difficult for me, a Singaporean working in Malaysia, to steadiness my commitments on either side of the border. Spending time in isolation is one factor. For many commuters, together with the 1000's of Malaysians who work in Singapore, setting apart the cash for quarantine bills is one other. Prior to the VTL, a employee doing a spherical trip between Malaysia and Singapore via the Periodic Commuting Arrangement scheme would want to pay round S$2,700 for quarantine.For a lot of them, frequent journeys between their residence nation and their place of employment could also be out of attain.Singapore and Johor are simply a few kilometres aside, however for them, residence feels a world away.However, the land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) introduced this month represents a viable quarantine-free possibility for staff to commute for work and see their family members more ceaselessly.On Monday (Nov 29), the first day the land VTL was launched, I attempted out the system to get a way of the way it labored, and whether or not it was a possible possibility that might permit staff to commute ceaselessly between each nations.