Handal Indah Sendirian Berhad (), trade name Causeway Link, is a private bus company with operations in Malaysia and Singapore. The company is based in Johor Bahru, and is the largest bus operator in Johor. It operates cross-border public buses into Singapore through the Johor–Singapore Causeway and Malaysia–Singapore Second Link, and local public bus in Johor Bahru. The company also operates local public buses in the Klang Valley and Malacca, as well as express buses connecting these regions to various destinations in Johor Bahru and Singapore.
On 29 November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore and Malaysia started a Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) land service between Larkin Sentral, Johor Bahru and both Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange and Queen Street Terminal, Singapore with Causeway Link operating the route between Larkin to Queen Street Terminal.
This services was renamed to Vaccinated Travel Bus Service (VTBS) on 1 April 2022 in line with the reopening of the Singapore-Malaysia Land Border for vaccinated travellers. The bus service ceased operations on 1 May 2022 when regular cross-border bus services resumed on that same date.
Since 2022, the local public buses in Johor Bahru operated by Causeway Link have accepted cashless payments such as Visa card, NFC using smartphone or smartwatch, and QR code payment, making Johor Bahru the first Malaysian city to support contactless payment using smart devices on urban bus network.
In 2024, Lim's son, Lim Chern Chuen, was appointed Chief Executive Officer.
In March 2025, Causeway Link was listed on Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian stock exchange, and its initial public offering was oversubscribed 6.6 times.
On 21 July 2025, around 100 Causeway Link's drivers went on strike, refusing to ferry passengers across the Causeway from Johor’s Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) immigration complex. Affected passengers either walked across Causeway to get to Singapore or took buses arranged by Johor according to Johor State Works, Transportation, Infrastructure and Communication Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh. According to a non-striking bus driver, the strike was due to pay and work adjustment which significantly reduced salaries and increased trips. The strike was triggered when the salaries were paid a day late. Causeway Link released a statement on the same day that the strike had been resolved after 45 minutes and that it was triggered due to miscommunication over salaries matters.
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