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GETTING TO MALAYSIA




Malaysia has the most outstanding systematic infrastructure in Asia as far as air, land and sea. The mean of access systems that has been implemented not only accessible between other cities to another in the world but also to the main cities but also suburban and isolated area in Malaysia itself.

Road
The driving system is an interesting mode of seeing the country that link from the north to the south, east and west Malaysia. An overland journey to Malaysia Thailand and Singapore made easily driving through the North-South Expressway on the West coast and East-West highway to the East Coast. The hightway also links certain main towns in Sabah and Sarawak with other main cities in the rural area. The highway length is about 70,000 km. Car rental services are easily available. Buses, taxis and coaches, both interstate and local ply between various destinations. To drive on Malaysian road, you require a Malaysian Competent Driviong Licence, Probationary Driving Licence or an International driving Licence. To use a foreign licence, get it endorsed by the Road Transport Department. All vehicles move on the left-hand side of the road and that the use of safety belts by front pasengers is mandatory.

Expressways
Expressways, also called access-controlled high-speed routes, are all dual carriageways, which have two or three lanes on each side.The maximum speed limit is 110 Km/h, but this limit is further reduced to 90 Km/h in mountainous areas and near urban centres. All road signs are in green with white text and are reflective at night with the exception of Federal Highway signs, which are blue with white text.All expressways have a lay-by area with petrol stations, toilet facilities, restaurants, phone booths, convenience stores, prayer rooms, ATMs, food courts and small motels. Longer stretches of expressways have rain shelters for motorcyclists, as well as scenic viewing areas.
Tunnels along expressways have emergency tunnel exits. Emergency phone booths are located along expressways where motorists can call for help or request an expressway management and maintenance team. Toll booths have a Highway Patrol office which is manned 24/7 for emergencies and are the link for the Highway Police and Highway Patrol helicopter service. CCTVs are located along most stretches of expressways, as well as speed trap cameras

Expressway tolls
All expressways in Malaysia use tolls. Motorbikes use expressways free of charge, but other vehicles are subject to toll charges. The costs at each toll gate are clearly indicated on the left side of the expressway, about one kilometre before the payment point. Costs vary for each expressway. Tolls can be paid using cash or Touch 'n Go cards.Touch 'n Go cards can be bought from expressway management offices at selected toll payment gateways, or from the toll booth itself. Cards can be topped up at these offices as well. Selected banks also offer top-up facilities. Some tolls use a transit card between toll points, especially those with interchanges to smaller towns.Certain vehicles, such as bicycles and tractors, are not allowed on expressways to prevent congestion and accidents.Peak traffic times are during festive periods, when there are many vehicles leaving city centres for smaller towns.

Federal Roads 
Federal roads or primary roads, which have one or two lanes and expand to four lanes in places with heavier traffic, are funded by and fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government of Malaysia. When federal roads connect with expressways, they are considered part of the expressway system. Some expressways which are also considered as federal roads are:

In Peninsular Malaysia:
  • North-South Expressway (NSE)
  • New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE)
  • North-South Expressway Central Link
  • Federal Route 1
  • Skudai Highway
  • Johor Causeway
  • Federal Route 3
  • Sultan Mahmud Bridge Highway
  • Kuantan Bypass
  • Tebrau Highway
In East Malaysia:
  • Pan Borneo Highway
  • Miri-Baram Highway
The maximum speed limit on federal roads is 90 Km/h. The Highway Police frequently install speed traps and police watch towers are located along the roadway.Federal roads tend to be busy, especially during rush hour and festive periods.Signs are generally yellow with black text; main road signs are blue with white text. Most signs are in Malay, but in popular tourist areas, signs may be in English.

State Roads
State roads, or secondary roads which have one lane, are mostly found on the outskirts of cities, in older sections of cities, and in rural areas. The speed limit is 60 to 90 Km/h, which is indicated on road signs. Malaysian state roads are funded by and come under the jurisdiction of the respective states. Some state roads are similar to federal roads, except for the colour codes of the road signs that change from state to state.

Air





Malaysia has six international airports are at Sepang in Selangor, Penang Island, Langkawi Island, Kota Kinabalu and Tawau in sabah, and Kuching in Sarawak.Malaysia is served by more than 35 airlines including Malaysia Airlines which services 94 international routes around the globe. In addItion to Malaysia Airlines (MAS), a number of other airlines including Pelangi Air, Berjaya air and Mofaz Air also provide regular domestic flights to the many tourists destinations and cities within the country. Malaysia airline systems that link with all of the main cities in the world, and main towns and rural area in Malaysia. Malaysia has the second largest airport and the most sophisticated in Asia that is known as Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).  
Terminal KLIA2 is to replace the Low-Cost Carrier, which was constructed in 2006. The new terminal is opened on May 2, 2014, as according to owners, Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAHB), the total cost to build the KLIA2 is at around RM4.0 Billion. KLIA2 is located just two kilometers from the main KLIA Terminal. The terminal is the largest LCC Terminal in the region with a total area of 360,000 sq meters. Sandwiched between the drop-off and Main Terminal, gateway@klia2 is the bustling integrated complex that will welcome 45 million people into the largest low-cost carrier terminal in the world. These millions include not just flyers but meeters and greeters from all over the nation, and shoppers from surrounding residential districts in Sepang, Putrajaya, Bangi and Nilai - just to name a few. With 350,000 square feet of net let-able space spanning over 4 levels, a 6,000-bay multi-storey car park and a fresh airport-within-a-mall concept, it is fertile territory for success. Channeling people to klia2 is the Transport Hub at gateway@klia2. It links the airport to the Express Rail Link (ERL), with allotted pickup / drop-off areas for coaches, taxi, rented vehicles private transportation.

Contact Information:

Management Office, Level 1
Terminal klia2, KL International Airport Jalan klia 2/1
64000 KLIA, Sepang
Selangor
Malaysia

Tel: +(603) 4065 0005
Fax: +(603) 4065 0008

Mall Operation Hours: 24 hours

Rail
Railway Map (Click to enlarge)
It is also possible to travel by rail within and to Malaysia via Thailand and Singapore. Malayan Railways or Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTM) connects all the major towns in the peninsular. There is a luxury train service, the Eastern and Oriental Express, which makes a round trip from Singapore through Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok and return.Rail transport in Malaysia comprises heavy rail (including high-speed rail), light rail transit (LRT), monorail and a funicular railway line. Heavy rail is mostly used for intercity passenger and freight transport as well as some urban public transport, while LRTs are used for urban public transport and some special use such as transporting passengers between airport buildings. There is one high-speed railway line with two high-speed train services linking Kuala Lumpur with the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The sole monorail line in the country is also used for public transport in Kuala Lumpur while the only funicular railway line is in Penang.The railway network covers most states in Peninsular Malaysia. In East Malaysia, only the state of Sabah has railways. Singapore, although not part of Malaysia, is served by the Malaysian railway network. The network is also connected to the Thai railway 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) network in the north. If the Burma Railway is rebuilt, services to Myanmar, India and China could be initiated

Peninsular Malaysia
The intercity railway network in Peninsular Malaysi consists of two main lines: The West Coast Line between Singapore and Padang Besar, Perlis, on the Malaysian-Thai border, and the East Coast Line between Gemas in Negeri Sembilan and Tumpat in Kelantan. There are also several branch lines - between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang, Batu Junction and Batu Caves, Bukit Mertajam and Butterworth, Tapah Road and Teluk Intan, Kempas and Tanjung Pelepas, Kempas and Pasir Gudang, and between Pasir Mas and Rantau Panjang. The entire 1,699 km network uses 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge tracks.

The network is linked with the Thai railway network at Padang Besar and Rantau Panjang. A total of 438 km of the network is double track and electrified. They include portions of the West Coast Line between Gemas and Ipoh and the entire Kuala Lumpur-Port Klang branch line as well as the stretch between Kuala Lumpur and Sentul - Batu Caves branch line. The double-track and electrified portions between Kuala Kubu Bharu and Seremban and the Port Klang to Kuala Lumpur branch lines are used as the commuter train services.

Double tracking and electrification of the stretch of the Batu Caves branch line between Sentul and Batu Caves are now complete, it added 7.5 km of double track and electrified sections to the network. Double tracking of the West Coast line between Ipoh and Padang Besar has started in January 2008 and expected to be completed by November 2014 and will add a further 329 km of double track to the network.Malaysia's national petroleum company Petronas owns a railway line which links its oil refinery complex and the nearby town of Kerteh, Terengganu, with the petrochemical complex in Gebeng, Kuantan and Kuantan Port near Kuantan, Pahang. The line is mainly used to transport petroleum products, but has recently been opened up for general freight transport, with operation being conducted by KTM. There have been proposals to extend the line to connect with the KTM line at Mentakab, and even suggestions to go as far as Kuala Terengganu and Tumpat.


KTM Intercity Destination
Ekspres rakyat
Butterworth – woodlands ciq – woodlands ciq

Ekspres sinaran utara
Sentral kuala lumpur – butterworth – sentral kuala lumpur

Ekspres sinaran selatan
Woodlands ciq – sentral kuala lumpur – woodlands ciq

Ekspres sinaran timur
Woodlands ciq – tumpat – woodlands ciq

Malayan tiger
Jb sentral – tumpat – jb sentral

Senandung langkawi
Sentral kuala lumpur – hat yai – sentral kuala lumpur

Senandung mutiara
Sentral kuala lumpur – butterworth – sentral kuala lumpur

Senandung sutera
Woodlands ciq – sentral kuala lumpur – woodlands ciq

Senandung timuran
Woodlands ciq – tumpat – woodlands ciq

Senandung wau
Sentral kuala lumpur – tumpat – sentral kuala lumpur

Et 01 platinum
Ipoh – sentral kuala lumpur – ipoh

Et 21 to et 17 gold
Ipoh – sentral kuala lumpur – ipoh

Et 51 to 54 silver
Ipoh – sentral kuala lumpur – ipoh

Et 616263646566 silver
Ipoh – seremban – ipoh

KTM KOMUTER Destination

Seremban – Rawang

Rawang - Seremban

P.Klang – Batu Caves

Batu Caves – P.Klang

Tg Malim – Rawang – Sg Gadut – Seremban

Sabah
Sabah Railway Map
There is a 134 km (83 mi) railway line linking Tanjung Aru near Kota Kinabalu and Tenom in the interior of Sabah state. The line is the only railway on the island of Borneo. Besides normal passenger trains operated by the Sabah State Railway Department, the tracks are also used to for the North Borneo Railway tourist train. The line has been suffering from lack of maintenance for many years and in 2006, the Malaysian Government funded rehabilitation works for the line. A pipe dream is to have a railway line from Kota Kinabalu to Kuching through Brunei though the cost of this would mean seeking funding from Brunei.

Airport express
One of two Malaysia's fastest rail line is the 57 km (35 mi) standard gauge line between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Depending on whose definition is used, this line may not be define as fastest because the maximum speed used is 160 km/h (99 mph). The line was constructed by Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd, which also operates the two train services which use the line, namely the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit. Ideas have been mooted to extend this line as far south as Johor Bahru and as far north as Penang using a high-speed rail infrastructure travelling at 300 km/h (186 mph). However, this proposed line hasn't yet even begun construction.Extension of the track is under construction, from KLIA to new budget terminal KLIA2. It is expected to complete in first quarter of 2013. The extension line is 2.2 km.

Light Rail Transit
There are three systems which are called light rail transits in Malaysia. Two are used in Kuala Lumpur to ferry paying passengers while the third is used at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to ferry passengers from the Main Terminal Building and the satellite building. The two lines in Kuala Lumpur are the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line. The Kelana Jaya Line is a driver-less automatic system and is 29 km (18 mi) long, running between the northeastern suburbs of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya to the west of Kuala Lumpur. It is mostly elevated except for a 4 km (2.5 mi) stretch where it
LRT & Monorail Rail Map (Click to enlarge)
goes underground and there is a short at-grade stretch. The Kelana Jaya Line was completely operational from June 1999. The older Ampang Line is 27 km (17 mi) and consists of two lines, running between the suburb of Sentul in the north of Kuala Lumpur, and Ampang in the east, as well as Sri Petaling in the south. Trains branch off to either Ampang or Sri Petaling at Chan Sow Lin station about midway of both lines. The system is mostly at-grade outside the city, and elevated with it runs through the city. Unlike the trains on the Kelana Jaya Line, those on the Ampang Line have drivers. The line was completely opened on 1998.
The light rail system at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, called the "Aerotrain", is a simple people-mover shuttle system running along two 1,286 m (4,219 ft) guiderails between the Main Terminal Building and Satellite Building. The two ends of the guiderails are elevated while the middle portion goes under the main airport taxiway. Each rail has a three-car automatic driver-less train. There is proposal to construct light rail transit system in Kulim by 2020. However, this proposed line hasn't yet even begun construction until today.

Monorail
KL Monorail, Operated by RapidKL Malaysia's only monorail system is used for public transport in Kuala Lumpur. It is 8.6 km (5.3 mi) long, running from Titiwangsa in the north of central Kuala Lumpur, to KL Sentral just to the south of the city centre. It has 11 stations. The line consists of two parallel rails for most of the way except at the end stations where switches merge the two rails into a single rail before entering the station. The entire network is elevated. The system uses two-car trains which were manufactured in Malaysia. It is operated by KL Monorail Sdn Bhd.
There are proposals to construct monorails in Penang, Johor Bahru and Malacca but opposition has been vociferously expressed by Penang and Malacca residents concerned about the system being out of place in the historic downtown areas. Malacca has since focused on the less intrusive Aerorail. The federal administrative centre of Putrajaya was also supposed to have a monorail network and the main station and several metres of track have been built. However, the project has been postponed because of costs and the Malaysian government felt that it was not a priority project for the time being even though good public transportation would attract many Malaysians to re-locate to this new underpopulated city.
Malacca is currently constructing a 1.8 km (1.1 mi) Aerorail line for urban mass-transit. For more information see Malacca Monorail. The monorail has been hit by a number of setbacks, including the suspension of the service after a British couple, Anne and James Croft, had to be rescued by firefighters when the monorail stopped unexpectedly between stations. This has been exacerbated by the imported Chinese trains not having any manuals available in either Bahasa Malaysia or English. Following this incident a number of safety upgrades have been suggested including the purchase of cherry pickers in case of any further stoppages.

Funicular
The Penang Hill Railway in Penang is the only funicular railway system in Malaysia. Although overwhelmingly used to ferry tourists up Penang Hill, the train is also used by residents living in the hill. The line is made up of two separate sections, with the total length at 1.2 km (0.75 mi). Both sections are single lines with passing loops at midway. The tracks are metre gauge and have an incline of over 50%. It is the only funicular railway in East Asia other than the Peak Tram in Hong Kong. There have been ideas mooted to build more funiculars on other major hills in Malaysia as part of improving infrastructure to boost tourism, but there are profitability concerns and worries that this might damage the environment even though new roads are the worst culprits

Sea
The peninsular of Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak are surrounded by sea. Various islands become popular to tourists from around the world. Therefore, water transportation is important in Malaysia to bring peoples from the mainland to places such as Langkawi, Penang, Tioman, Redang, Pangkor and other famous islands. Most of the water transportation used are high capacity ferry. The list below shows services that are provided in different location in Malaysia. This is  the places that you are interest to travel.
Penang (Penang)                     – Butterworth (Penang, bukit Mertajam)
Penang (Penang)                     – Medan (Sumatera Indonesia)
Langkawi (Kedah)                  – Kuala Perlis (Perlis)
Langkawi (Kedah)                  – Kuala Kedah (Kedah mainland)
Langkawi (Kedah)                  – Penang
Langkawi  (Kedah)                 – Satun (Thailand)
Pangkor Island (Perak)           – Lumut (Perak mainland)
Pulau Ketam                           – Port Klang (Selangor)
Melaka                                   – Dumai (Sumatera Indonesia)
Tioman Island (Pahang)           – Mersing (Johor)
Tioman Island (Pahang)           – Tanjung Gemuk (Pahang)
Kuala Besut (Terengganu)       –Perhentian Island (Terengganu)
Syahbandar (Terengganu)        –Redang Island (Terengganu)
Merang (Terengganu)              –Redang Island (Terengganu)

ENTRY FORMALITIES
(DRUGS TRAFFICKING OR ILLEGAL DRUGD CARRIES DEATH PENALTY)
Visitors must be in possession of national passports or other internationally recognized travel documents, endorsed for travelling in Malaysia and with a period of validity of at least six months beyond the time of stay allowed in Malaysia. Visitors on social and business visit purposes are to be guided by the following visa requirements:

Visa Exemption
No visas are required for citizens of Commonwealth countries (except Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), British Protected Persons or citizens of the Republic of Ireland and citizens of Switzerland, Netherlands, San Marino and Liechtenstein.

Three Months Visa Free Visit
Citizens of Albania, Austria, Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Republic of Slovakia, Denmark, egypt, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Morocco, Norway, North Yemen, Oman, Qatar, South Korea, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tunisia, United States of America and United Arab Emirates are eligible for three months visa free visit.
One Month Vis Free Visit
It is applicable to all citizens of ASEAN country.

14-Days Visa Free Visit
Citizens of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and South Yemen are eligible for 14-days visa free visit.

7-Days Visa Free Visit
Applicable to citizens of Bulgaria, Romania and Russia

As regulations may change from time to time, it is advisable to check with the nearest Malaysian Embassy before your departure.

CUSTOMS FORMALITIES
Currency
Visitors entering Malaysia may bring in or take out any amount of currency

Dutiable and Non-Dutiable Goods
Some goods such as the following, imported by visitors are liable to duty: carpets, garments, clothing accessories, jewellery, chocolates, handbags, spirits, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and cigarettes. Visitors bringing in dutiable goods may have to pay a deposit for temporary importation, refunable on departure. The goods are to be presented at the time of departure at the point of exit together with the deposite receipts. Non-dutiable goods include cameras, watches, pens, lighters, perfumeries and cosmetics.

Health Regulations
Yellow Fever vaccination is required for all visitors coming from yellow fever infected areas or endemic zones except for children under 1 year of age.

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