Woodlands checkpoint power outage causes hours-long jam at Malaysia-Singapore causeway

Key facts

• The outage hit the Woodlands checkpoint on the Singapore side at about noon, the report said.
• The Bangunan Sultan Iskandar complex in Johor said all its counters were operating at optimum level.
• The jam on roads leading to the Malaysian checkpoint lasted for many hours.

A power outage at the Woodlands checkpoint on the Singapore side caused heavy traffic on most major roads leading to the Malaysian checkpoint in Johor Bahru on November 4, 2026, according to the report.

The Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex in Johor said all its counters were operating at optimum level. The jam lasted for many hours because of a build-up of vehicles from the Singapore side, the report said.

The report said the issue started at about noon on the Singapore side. The account is truncated and gives no cause for the outage, no statement from Singapore authorities and no figure for the length of the queue or the delay.