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SINGAPORE \u2013 Passengers booking cross-border rides through Grab<\/span><\/a> will now be able to do so at least six hours ahead, instead of 12 hours in advance.<\/p>\n Since cross-border taxis were made available through its app on May 4, Grab has recorded more than 1,000 rides, the company said on May 29.<\/p>\n The shorter advance booking window will allow passengers to schedule trips closer to their departure times, it said. Once a cross-border booking has been confirmed, they will receive a push notification reminding them to book their return journey immediately.<\/p>\n These updates will \u201cenhance the travel experience\u201d, said Grab, which is also offering a 30 per cent discount on all cross-border rides booked from May 29 to June 28, up from the 20 per cent discount previously offered.<\/p>\n Mr Alvin Wee, Grab Singapore\u2019s senior director of transport and country operations, said: \u201cWith the June holidays coming, we expect an increase in Singapore-Malaysia trips among families and friends, and we look forward to supporting such travel needs.\u201d<\/p>\n An enhanced cross-border taxi scheme that took effect on May 4<\/span><\/a> allows travellers heading to Johor to alight anywhere in Johor Bahru, Iskandar Puteri, Forest City, Kulai and Senai.<\/p>\n Previously, cross-border taxis were allowed to use only one designated pick-up and drop-off point after crossing the border.<\/p>\n For Singapore-registered taxis, this was Larkin Sentral Terminal, the main public transport terminal in Johor Bahru. For their Malaysian counterparts, the designated point was Ban San Street Terminal in Bugis.<\/p>\n With Grab now in the picture, travellers can book a ride anywhere in Singapore to head to one of the five areas in Johor.<\/p>\n However, using the app would cost more than taking a street-hailed four-seater from Ban San Street Terminal to Larkin Sentral Terminal or anywhere within 35km, which has a fixed fare of $80.<\/p>\n Grab fares vary depending on several factors, including the time of day, the distance of the trip, and whether the ride falls during a holiday season, the company said on its website.<\/p>\n While the scheme offers travellers more convenience and flexibility, cross-border taxis remain limited to specific pick-up locations when operating outside their home country.<\/p>\n For example, Singapore-registered taxis returning from Malaysia can pick up passengers only at Toppen Shopping Centre, The Mall, Mid Valley Southkey, Angsana Johor Bahru Mall, or Larkin Sentral Terminal.<\/p>\n Licensed cross-border taxis will have identifiable livery on both sides of the vehicle.<\/p>\n Malaysian-registered taxis will bear licence plates beginning with \u201cH\u201d, while Singapore-registered ones have the prefix \u201cSH\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 Passengers booking cross-border rides through Grab will now be able to do so at least six hours ahead, instead of 12 hours in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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