The fortnight ahead on the Causeway, every Sunday evening.

A 14-day jam forecast for Woodlands and Tuas, every rule change with the date it bites, and what the ringgit is doing. Built from government data by a script that runs on Sunday at 6 pm, so it never forgets a long weekend.

598,000crossings in one day, 19 Jun 2026, the ICA record

2 countriespublic holiday and school calendars, both sides, merged

6 camerasWoodlands and Tuas approaches, captured each issue

Issue 4 · Sunday 18 October 2026

The fortnight ahead on the Causeway

No long-weekend jam in the next fortnight.

Mon 2 Nov: Unpaid Singapore fines block VEP renewal and entry.

Jam forecast, Mon 19 Oct to Sun 1 Nov

Rule-based risk from the holiday calendars of both countries and both school calendars. High means plan around it or take the train. Medium means leave early. Low means a normal day.

Date	What is on	To JB	To SG
Mon 19 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Tue 20 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Wed 21 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Thu 22 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Fri 23 Oct	Friday evening exodus	Medium	Low
Sat 24 Oct	Saturday morning crowd	Medium	Low
Sun 25 Oct	Sunday evening return	Low	Medium
Mon 26 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Tue 27 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Wed 28 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Thu 29 Oct	Normal working day	Low	Low
Fri 30 Oct	Friday evening exodus	Medium	Low
Sat 31 Oct	Saturday morning crowd	Medium	Low
Sun 1 Nov	Sunday evening return	Low	Medium

The next big jams after that

Sat 7 Nov, to JB: Saturday morning crowd; eve of Diwali/Deepavali in Singapore; eve of Diwali, Johor only in Malaysia
Sun 8 Nov, both directions: Sunday evening return; eve of Day off for Diwali/Deepavali in Singapore; Diwali/Deepavali in Singapore; Diwali, Johor only in Malaysia
Mon 9 Nov, to SG: Day off for Diwali/Deepavali in Singapore; last day of the break, return jam
Fri 20 Nov, to JB: Friday evening exodus; Singapore school holidays begin
Sat 21 Nov, to JB: Saturday morning crowd; Singapore school holidays begin
Sun 22 Nov, to SG: Sunday evening return; Singapore school holidays
Fri 27 Nov, to JB: Friday evening exodus; Singapore school holidays
Sat 28 Nov, to JB: Saturday morning crowd; Singapore school holidays

Rules that bite

Already in forceNo SG Arrival Card without a valid Singapore VEPFrom 6 October 2026, a Malaysian-registered car cannot complete the SG Arrival Card unless it already holds a valid Singapore Vehicle Entry Permit from LTA. The permit needs Singapore motor insurance, so sort both before the trip. ICA via Malay Mail, 23 Sep 2026

From Monday 2 November 2026Unpaid Singapore fines block VEP renewal and entryFrom 2 November 2026, a foreign-registered vehicle with unpaid Singapore traffic, parking or emissions fines cannot apply for or renew its VEP and will be refused entry at Woodlands and Tuas. ICA media release, 3 Aug 2026

From Monday 1 February 2027RTS Link opening now expected in February 2027The Straits Times reported on 2 October 2026 that the Johor Bahru to Woodlands North rail link is now expected to open in February 2027 instead of December 2026. Government pages still carried the December 2026 target as of 30 September 2026. Five minutes station to station, up to 10,000 passengers an hour each way, immigration for both countries cleared at the departure station. The Straits Times, 2 Oct 2026

Standing rules

Johor's weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Johor moved its rest days back to Saturday and Sunday on 1 January 2025, so both sides of the Causeway now share the same weekend. CNA, 7 Oct 2024
Malaysia enforces its own VEP on Singapore cars. Singapore-registered vehicles need a Malaysian VEP tag to enter Johor. Enforcement began in phases from 1 October 2024. The Star, 27 Sep 2024
Live traffic by phone. ICA's CHECK-TIPS hotline for the checkpoint traffic situation is 6863 0117. ICA website

The ringgit this week

S$1 = RM3.1906

The Singapore dollar is flat against the ringgit this week (RM3.1905 a week ago). Over the last 30 days it ranged from RM3.1822 to RM3.1986. S$100 changes to about RM319 at the mid-market rate on 2026-10-16; a money changer takes a cut on top. Rate from the European Central Bank reference series via frankfurter.dev.

The checkpoints at build time

Captured Sunday 18 October 2026, 21:42 Singapore time from LTA cameras via data.gov.sg. Live view on OneMotoring.

Woodlands Flyover, towards the checkpoint

AYE after Tuas West Road, towards the checkpoint

How the forecast works

Each day in the window gets a score for each direction. Friday evening and Saturday morning add one point towards Johor, Sunday evening adds one point back to Singapore. The eve of a public holiday on either side adds two points towards Johor, and the last day of a break adds two points back. The day before a school holiday starts, and the day it ends, add two points in the matching direction, and every day inside a school holiday adds one point both ways. Three points is High, two is Medium.

The calendars behind it: Singapore public holidays and Malaysian national plus Johor holidays from the public Google holiday calendars, MOE school terms for 2026 and 2027, and the KPM Group B calendar that Johor follows from 2026. The ICA record figures come from its media releases. All of it is in one dated file; if a date is wrong, fix it there and the next issue is right.