Is This the Best Luxury Coach in Malaysia? Penang to Kuala Lumpur with Aeroline!
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- I was spending a couple of days on Penang Island - a lovely place full of interesting people, great food and steeped in history. But the time came to return to Kuala Lumpur and I found myself taking a taxi down to the Queensbay Mall where the office and pick-up point for Aeroline was located.
In this video, I'll be showing you the coach from the outside and inslde. We'll look at everything it's got to offer and I'll show you some of the sights along the way including the amazing Penang Second Bridge and a very unexpected lightning storm once it got dark later on. I'll tell you how much I paid for the journey and show you what you get for your money. And of course, I''ll then be asking the question 'is this the best coach in Malaysia'?
Let me know what you think in the comments below. Many thanks as always guys for taking the time to watch my videos. All likes, comments, subs are massively appreciated and it really encourages me to make more content for you all to enjoy.
Cheers for now.
Mark
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📖Chapters
00:00 - Introduction & coach arrival
03:58 - Departing and crossing the Penang Second Bridge
06:25 - Towards Simpang Pulai
12:54 - Onto Kuala Lumpur
14:00 - Arriving into KLCC
17:20 - Summary
As a brit, it's really refreshing to see overseas travel documented in precisely the same style as local travel. No strange colour grading or exotic-looking library footage - just a very familiar firsthand experience. Well done!
Thanks mate, appreciate the kind words 😊👍
Hot meal served on a bus, this is so foreign to me but I love it! :D Great video mate. EDIT: that arrival! WOW!
Cheers Steve, appreciate your comment as always and yes, the arrival, reminded me of getting to Buchanan Bus Station first thing in the morning. Not!😂
I agree - hot food on a bus, amazing! Mind you, a hot drink on a Scotrail service is quite a thing! 🤣
An excellent insight to bus travel - which is normally missed by travel videos - enjoyed the easy manner and relaxed delivery of information - enjoyable as always !
Cheers mate, appreciate the comment and the kind words 😊👍
Thanks for the trip, I really enjoyed it.
Cheers Paul, so did I 😊👍
Fantastic video Mark, excellent value for money to, and that bridge is something else, engineering at its best, thanks bud, keep safe 👍
Cheers Robert, yes loved crossing that bridge. What a brilliant feat of engineering 👍
Another fantastic video
Thanks mate 😊👍
Great video as always, hope all is well, take care
Cheers Peter, I’m good thanks, hope you are too 😊👍
Quality video again mark
Cheers Jack 😊👍
Great video! Thank you
Thanks for the comment, appreciated 😊👍
Great video, thanks!! I miss Malaysia so much, I was lucky enough to live there for two years 2013-2015. It's amazing value, 12 quid for that, journey.
Cheers Alan, I loved Malaysia too. Another coach vid out tomorrow - KL to Singapore with Transtar. Didn’t end so well that one but I hope you can give it a watch and let me know your thoughts. 😊👍
I would definitely consider this ride given that I love riding buses. Excellent capture of your arrival to KL. Overall brilliant video
Cheers mate, appreciate the kind words 😊
Another cracking video Mark, really enjoyed it, the coach reminded me of a rover car trying to add a bit of class with walnut wood effect 😅
Cheers Mark, yes exactly that. Or I’m surprised it wasn’t a Vanden Plas!
well must say Kuala Lumpur Looks Amazing nice video mark
It was fantastic at night Caleb. I definitely recommend it 😊👍
Nice trip. Still in awe at the length of that 2nd bridge...
Massive isn’t it. Difficult to grasp the scale of it from the map I thought, but once you’re on it - seems to go on for ages!
The coach is approximately 6 years old looking at the registration plate VH. V is for all vehicles registered in KL, previously it was W. When W plate was exhausted at WYY, the road transport dept switched to V.
Then VA, VB,.. and so on to VC. Now its about VLA.
The bus was built by local company SKS using skeleton chassis supplied by Scania.
Its pretty much normal for an express bus to travel around 2,000 miles per day (roughly 3,500km) - do the math.
Motorway speed limits in Malaysia is similar to UK at 70mph or 110kmh but for commercial vehicles its reduced to 90kmh for safety reasons.
Aeroline also goes to Singapore, i would take it anytime than flying.
Cheers mate, I didn’t know anything about the registration so appreciate the info. Thanks 😊👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip do come again. ☺
Great trip, great value. The comfort is the thing for me and there is plenty of space on there. I would definitely take that bus!
Yes, definitely comfortable and cheap. Can’t go wrong really for the money.
great value
It was Steven. A bit old yes but, like I said in the vid, you can’t go wrong for less than £12 👍
I’m running out of superlatives to describe your content but what I will say is that when I watch your videos I think, “I could do that” and by that I mean you make it look achievable and unscary. Good on ya!
Cheers mate. I’m glad you think like that because if I can do it, anyone can! 👍👍👍
For £12 with a hot meal and drink, water, blanket, headphones etc you really can't knock it even with the broken USBs (a usual issue with retrofitted kit). The interior may have been dated but it looked clean and there was plenty of space so I'd say it's much better than a National Express.
Yep, like I said, a bit dated but you can’t complain for less than £12 and you get a hot meal thrown in as well. There are more modern coaches in their fleet which is why I honk there are better ones out there. But this was certainly comfortable enough 👍
A hot meal served on a bus is definitelynan extra mile, as well as those screens.
Coach travel may be longer than other modes of transport, but it is still a fascinating experience overall. That coach seemed overall reasonably comfortable
Yes mate. It was a bit old and dated but like I said in the vid, you can’t complain for less than £12 with a hot meal thrown in too 👍
Prefer train (ETS) over bus ..
1. Less worry on traffic jam, once took bus from Penang at 2pm and arrived KL Sentral at 11.45pm due to bad traffic jam.
2. Train more punctual on leaving and arrival time.
3. Train we can move around to stretch legs and foods/drinks coach available.
Yes, all fair comments and you may have seen my trip up there on the train/ferry which I really enjoyed as well . Thanks for the comment 😊👍
I took Aeroline in 2009 from Singapore to KL. The travel time was around 4 hours, however, it was so comfy and cheap, it felt like flying first class. It also helped because i arrived the night before in Singapore from London and i could catch up so proper sleep on the coach.
It makes me think your coach was the same as mine and, although it looked dated, it beats many of the current ones in other countries, esp in Europe.
Oh definitely yes. Like I said in the vid, you can’t complain for less than £12. It was dated yes and Aeroline have better coaches than this, but the seats were comfy and with a hot meal thrown in too. A real bargain imo.
Great value for money if as you say dated and a bit shabby. Nice to see your uploads again...somehow you weren't getting into my algorithm
Cheers Mike, not sure why that might be if (I’m assuming) you’ve subbed to the channel and clicked the notification bell? Views are down a bit tbh so you might not be the only one! 😊👍
🤔 cheap journey Mark I hope you took your wellies with you lol🤓 thanks for the 🎥m8 all the best John 😊
Thanks John. Amazingly, it had cleared up by the time we got to KL and it was a lovely evening! 😊👍
Cannot believe you got a meal! The bus did look a bit dirty though. However, seems like your journey was comfortable enough😊
Yes Sheila, like I said, you can’t complain for less than £12. Yes it was a bit old but great value 👍
Hi mate, nice one as usual! Certainly a retro feel, how did it compare with the one in the Baltics? Longest bridge I've driven is the Storebelt in Denmark - at only 18km / 11 miles! There are phone apps you can get to see your speed, GPS Test is one I use, very handy in situations like this!
Hi mate, I think the Lux was slightly better although you didn’t get a meal with that. Still looking for a really really great coach though. I do have a phone app which does the speed but, well, I’d forgottten to use it tbh 😂
Wow, that looked like an amazing trip for £11.69 and with food and drink included. Id love to take a coach in Malaysia someday, they sure seem to do it better than Europe.
As for the coach my ex coach driver experience i can tell you it's definitely a Scania (the steering wheel is a give away) and it's a double decker. Sorry but no idea on age or anything else but it says it's 10 years old for instance it still looks clean etc but probably the next coach to leave the fleet once new ones arrive maybe?
Cheers Marc. Yep, like I said, a bit dated but you can’t complain for less than £12 and you get a hot meal thrown in as well. There are more modern coaches in their fleet which is why I honk there are better ones out there. But this was certainly comfortable enough 👍
There are more comfortable and modern coaches for the same route maybe even a tad cheaper. Just that you might have to board from Komtar in Penang and get down at TBS in KL.
Agree. Aeroline have better ones than this but ‘luck of the draw’ and all that.
Ah, the old reliable Aeroline. I did plenty of trips with them from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore before.
Yes overall I enjoyed the trip and it was great value for money. But they do have better coaches- my good friend Nonstop Eurotrip had the pleasure of travelling on the newer coaches earlier on this year 👍
Excellent Mark, as always disappointing about the coach . But at least it was fairly comfortable. 👍🏻😎
Yep, like I said, a bit dated but you can’t complain for less than £12 and you get a hot meal thrown in as well. There are more modern coaches in their fleet which is why I honk there are better ones out there. But this was certainly comfortable enough 👍
Its a pretty Standard coach for Malaysia and ALOT better than most of SE Asia. I've had a lot worse and no better out there. Get a coach to Singapore if you can.
Cheers mate. I did take the coach to Singapore - coming soon! 👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip Looking forward to watching it!!
There used to be a luxurious bus called Nice, I last took a trip on this in March 2014 but on the return journey to Kuala Lumpur the traffic was unbelievable and it took over 8 hours to reach Kuala Lumpur. It was the end of the school holidays which I wasn't aware of. I think this service that used to leave from the Railway station in Kuala Lumpur is no longer available?
If i had the money and a passport id be on that 👍
Definitely need a passport Sarah 😊
@@LetsMakeaTrip looks a nice journey anyway 👍
Malaysia looks so clean and well developed. I know you were in KL and on the main roads but certainly looks a lot better than most of the UK!
It is! Brilliant place.
Not over-impressed with that bus, Mark. I would definitely take the train by preference. Not enough wow! factor to be the 'best bus' and when things don't work as they are supposed to - like the USB ports - it's a mark of corporate 'we don't care'. Not good marketing. You didn't mention whether there was wi-fi on board. I suspect not. another negative. The food, nyah! I've been on better buses in Peru! Excellent commentary and video as usual. Paul in Oz
Cheers Paul, yeh it’s not quite ‘up there’ with the best I agree. I’ve seen better on the street and on other peoples videos. There’s no wifi - details at 09:02 in the video (I’ll let you off if you were making a cup of tea at that point 😂) but ultimately, that’s another reason why it isn’t the best.
The train would have been fabulous except it is from Butterworth and this adds an extra journey to and from Penang Island. That said I used to live in Penang in the 1970's as a child and I always enjoyed the ferry trip then
Old but Clean,you were quite lucky. a lot of buses out in SE Asia can be a lot older and dirtier,
Yep, completely agree. Is there a better coach out there? Yes, some of the newer Aeroline ones (as I said in the video) but this was perfectly good and great value 👍
Try taking buses in vietnam or philippines for more than 300km. Nothing can compare to our public transport in south east asia.
Hopefully I’ll get the chance soon 👍
Imagine National Express, Mega Bus, Flixbus et all serving you lunch lol. I do remember sometime back National Express serving you snacks
Divine comedy song.
There's a jolly hostess, serving crisps and tea
@@MarcsCupofTea With an arse the size of a small country
Of course, this made no difference to our complaining UA-cam presenter, saying that the meal was "not filling". Goes to show you cannot please some people.
@@mikemainer3009 well from what I've seen Mark is using honest opinion which goes a long way and not being forced to say something from a sponsor. I'm assuming you've taken this trip too and have your own review you'd like to share with us?
@mikemainer3009 ‘Complaining UA-cam presenter’ I actually said in the video you can’t complain about getting a meal etc for under £12. Were you not paying attention?? Worst comment of the month award Mike - well done 🙄👏
2007 Scania K380, can't help with the bodywork assuming it's local ..be a bit slow with that bodywork as it looks quite heavy and i have eperience of that chassis on Scania decker coaches here in the uk
Cheers mate - older than I thought that. Seemed to be a lot of wood inside so I agree probably quite heavy!
imagine if we had personal screens in our flixbus/national express services 🤣🤣🤣
I think there’s room for a luxury bus service in the UK. Someone should try it 👍
Looks like it is this model, a Scania K124EB 420 | SKS e128d
Ah brilliant, cheers mate 😊👍
For less than twelve quid I'd be happy with that.
I was - yes it was a bit old but with a hot meal as well, like I said, you can’t complain for the money 😊👍
That's a long train ride from Shrewsbury
Haha, certainly was! 😊
Lets face it, the only important question about any coach you might ride in Malaysia is 'Is the Air Con working properly?! '
Haha, this is true!
Great review Mark. I can't imagine any UK bus company doing this for less than £12 including a meal and coffee. I think it's about time lond distance coaches added wipers to to the front upstairs windows so travellers can enjoy the scenery in wet weather. What do you think? Keep tevelling and keep reporting🙃🙃
No I think you’re right, UK coaches wouldn’t do it for less than £12. But I think there could possibly be a market for one on the London - Scotland route. More money of course but would people go for it. A hot meal, TV’s, onboard crew etc. Worth a try?
When was the last time you have had a hot meal on a UK coach? I ask this as I have never been on a coach, bar perhaps as a school child on a school trip in the 70's.
The one I took after this one 👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip Apologies not sure I 'get' that
Sorry, bit cryptic. I took another coach from KL to Singapore afterwards and that served a (better) hot meal. Don’t want to give too much away as all will be revealed in a couple of weeks or so. Cheers, 😊👍
Many more luxury buses ply domestic routes plus singapore. The singapore route has better choices.
Did that (with Transtar). I may put that video out too 🤔
I've had worse than that car! Bit of T-Cut, Elbow Grease... And a whole new car and they'll be fine!!! 😅
Haha, cheers John - reminded me of the Father Ted episode where he borrows the car!
this or train/ferry?
Did the train/ferry on the way up. That was great fun too 👍
Yes ets electric train service to butterworth , then a ferry. The bridge is an alternative route
My goodness. Mark, you traveled on a very, very inexpensive, spotless, clean, comfortable coach and were given a meal to boot and all you did was peevishly complain that the meal was somehow not 'filling' and that the spotless decor on the bus was "dated". I think no one would turn up their nose and refuse to travel on such a "dated" coach - with a meal to boot - than to suffer riding the typical cramped, dirty, jam-packed and poor customer service garbage that passes for coach service here in the U.S. or even in the UK.
My god Mike you have completely mis-interpreted this review! Where have I said it was dirty? ‘Peevishly complain’ - what are you on about?? Where have I complained about it?? I actually said at one point you can’t complain about such a bargain price!! The decor was dated yes, is that not worth pointing out? And who’s turning their nose up? Where have I said i would refuse to travel on it? I’m describing the experience from my point of view. I had a good time overall which I confirmed in my summing up at the end. Great value, hot meal, comfortable ride. Tell you what mate, I get some moaners on here but I’ve gotta say, for once, I actually can’t figure out your comment at all. You have no concept of British humour for one and your rather odd statements just don’t make any sense. 🤷♂️