Buses & Coaches, Kuala Lumpur

There are several travel agents in the Golden Mile Complex on Beach Road (nearest MRT - Lavender) that sell bus tickets to KL for around 23SD. The buses are small, 16 seater affairs that go via the main causeway. The journey time is 5 - 7 hours depending on traffic.

A more expensive alternative is to take the NiCE (Plusliner) coach that leaves from the Copthorne Orchid Hotel on Dunearn Road. This cost 37SD. The advantage is that the coaches are very comfortable double-deckers with good onboard facilities. Also, they go via the 2nd link from Singapore to Malaysia as opposed to the main causeway and thus avoid the bad traffic jams. Journey time should take around 5 hours.

Copthorne Orchid Hotel
214 Dunearn Road
Singapore 299526

NiCE
KTM-KL: 03-22722760 / 22723167
JOHOR: 07-2223317
PENANG: 04-2277370
SINGAPORE: 02-2565755

Plusliner coaches are an inexpensive way to travel between KL and Johor Bahru. It costs 20,20 Malaysian Ringett. The buses are comfortable and have reclining seats. There is a stop half way between the two cities at a motorway service station. The total time is just over four hours.

There are some cheaper coaches but some of them don't look as if they will be able to make the journey.

Other destinations served by the company are: Singapore, Penang,Puduraya, Pekeliling, Kuantan and Pertanyaan.

Puduraya is not the only departure point for SG e.g. Aeroline departs from Chorus Hotel and there is another service (Nice) that departs from the old railway station. Yet another one from Mid Valley etc etc

Please check: http://www.journeymalaysia.com/ptasingapore.htm to make your choice

Transport (taxi/bus/lrt and hopon hopoff bus)
From Star Point Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
To Chinatown, Sunway and City Tour

TO CHINATOWN
You have choices:
1) walk – may take you 10 to 15 minutes walk to chinatown
2) bus – stop the bus and ask if they go to chinatown, if yes, just pay 1 ringgit ($1).

TO SUNWAY
a. Bus
Take a bus to the Klang bus station (near to chinatown) and get the right bus (Rapid Bus no. U63 or U67 – please check with bus driver to make sure it is the right bus) to Sunway Pyramid (Not far from Sunway Lagoon - you have to walk through the basement car park of Sunway Pyramid to get to Sunway Lagoon, ask the info counter how to get there) The bus fare would only cost you RM2.50

b. LRT/bus
If you want to use the LRT, you can use the Putra LRT from Masjid Jamek station to Kelana Jaya station, and then take a rapid KL bus T623 to Sunway Pyramid.
The LRT ticket would cost you less than RM2.50 and the bus fair would cost RM1. LRT From Masjid Jamek to Kelana Jaya - About 15 - 20 minutes
Bus From Kelana Jaya to Sunway Pyramid - 15 minute

TO KL BIRD PARK
Suggestion is to get on the Hop-On & Hop-Off Bus (City Day Tour Ride)
Website is http://myhoponhopoff.com/

Food is plenty and many choices in Kuala Lumpur. Not necessary to go to budget hotel for food.

P/S:
Plan your trip well to avoid unnecessary time wastage in ‘traffic jams’.
Be careful with your wallet, money and travel documents.

Welcome to KUALA LUMPUR and you have a good trip in KUALA LUMPUR !

> Which bus companies are better than others??

Check out www.malaysiasite.nl/nice.htm for more comfortable/non-stop bus travel from KL to Penang if you still opt for a bus? :-) RM50 only!

It appears to still go from the old KL Railway Station (a beauty itself! And the buildings opposite it, too! Well worth a viewing!) This saves you trying to get to the old hockey stadium in J Duta for the normal buses.

Nice buses are run by Plusliner, I believe, which also operates normal coaches. The other reputable bus company is Transnasional.

Whether you wish to take Nice or normal Plusliner/Trasnasional coaches to Penang, just go up the escalator once you arrive at KL Sentral from LCCT (by 'airbus' which costs RM9) and ask for the taxi counter - bus your taxi coupon from there and you'll be safe ;-)

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KLIA and LCCT are still some 70km's from KL and you can either catch a taxi or a bus.

There are several bus companies that await you and the attendants will vie for your attention to use their business.

I quickly moved to the Star Shuttle counter as they had a sign that indicated that they will take you to Bukit Bintang.

The fare was RM15 per person.

A bit confusing on arrival as the train wasn't working. We eventually found the bus ( there are several ) . Instead of the 28 minutes the train would take it was over an hour.It was cheap though ,only $4.00 and took us to the same place.K.L. Sentral.

One of the cheapest ways to travel from Low Cost Carrier Terminal (for Cebu Pacific/Air Asia) to KL is through the bus. It cost about less than 10 ringgit per head to travel from LCCT to KL Central. It does take an hour to get from LCCT to KL Central though.