Malacca Interstates Bus Terminal
(Melaka Sentral bus terminal)

Malacca City's Melaka Sentral bus terminal. This new bus terminal located in the suburb of Bandar Peringgit 3km (15 minutes) from old Malacca town. This terminal is Melaka’s transportation hub connecting interstate buses and taxis services.

This new terminal is beautiful.
The indoor is brightly lighted blue color by abundant of natural sunlight from the roof top. A great contrary to the dark dull (and dirty) bus terminals in other Malaysian towns.
And it is fully air-conditioned !!!!!
This new Malacca Sentral Bus Terminal cost RM28.4 million completed only in 2004. This is the First Air-conditioned bus terminal in Malaysia.
Opposite the terminal is the famous hypermarket Tesco store located in Jalan Tun Razak.

This terminal unique design is a spacious single-storey building with high roof and skylights, which let in plenty of light and air as you can see in above photo.
There are 2 separate wings, one is for taxis services and the other is for buses. Each wing has a central courtyard, with a tropical, landscaped garden. You can also find plenty of cafes, restaurants and fast food outlets as well as retail outlets for the convenience of travelers. An Information Counter is located between the wings.

Melaka Sentral is made up of three main components:
1) the bus and taxi terminals in the main building,
2) a wet and dry market, and
3) a bazaar outside the building.