Rapid Penang Bus 202 is ideal for Sightseeing the length of George Town. Like Route 201, it starts in the heart of George Town and ends in Farlim. Taking this bus, you navigate through the streets of George Town, and follow it to Air Itam, the main town at the centre of the island. From there, the bus continues south till Farlim, at the very heart of the island.
Route 202 provides a cross section of urban and semi-urban Penang. Although the whole area is today part of metropolitan George Town, there is a gradual change in the character of the streets. Within George Town itself, you are right in the city centre. As you move out, you see the skyscrapers replaced by shophouses and then by residential houses and highrise apartments.
At the end of Chulia Street, the bus turns left to Penang Road (Jalan Penang). This is the main shopping street in the 1970's. See the Sri Kunj Bihari Temple on the right. Look out for Central Police Headquarters complex to your right. If you want to taste the best cendol in Penang, get off the bus here, and walk up to Keng Kwee Street.
The bus goes along Data Kramat Road, leaving the city centre behind. You will see a big open field on your right. That is Padang Brown with the Penang Buddhist Association at the far end.
The bus crosses the intersection with Perak Road, one of the longest roads in town, and continues along Dato Kramat Road. The City Stadium is on your left followed by the Penang Prison on your right. If you are looking for second-hand items, then you should get off the bus here, at the bus stop opposite the Penang Prison, and walk a short distance down Lorong Kulit to the biggest flea market in George Town.
Dato Kramat Road ends and Jalan Air Itam begins at the junction with York Road. A change of character that you might be able to notice is that the city becomes less dense. This is especially so once you approach Sri Mutiara school on your left and Methodist Boys School on your right. The road bends right. Look to your left to see Han Chiang Secondary School. Then it arrives at the only intersection along this route with a flyover. The bus goes under the flyover and emerging on the other side, you see the Penang State Mosque on your left.
You can now see the central hills of Penang, also called Penang Hill, right in front of you (but we are not going there). The bus passes through the Kampung Baru Market, then makes a sharp right turn around the market, seemingly making a U-turn to reach the junction to Jalan Padang Tembak on there left, where it turn in.
Jalan Padang Tembak takes us to the Rifle Range Flats, one of the earliest city council flats, now one of the working class neighbourhoods of George Town. On the right side of the road are the massive cemetery of Batu Gantong.
The bus turns left to enter Jalan Boundary, one of the many past demarcations of George Town's limits. It passes through an area of nondescript houses to emerge at the intersection with Jalan Air Itam once more.
Turning left, your bus goes east along Jalan Air Itam. At the next junction, it turns right to enter Jalan Thean Teik. High rise apartment blocks of Farlim looms up on both sides of the road. You can see Sunshine Farlim hypermarket and the new Ayer Itam Mosque on your right.
At the next cross road the bus continues along Jalan Angsana. There are some shoplots on your right, while on the left are low-medium-cost flats. The bus turns left to enter Jalan Semarak Api, to serve the commuters from the low-medium-cost flats. Then it returns to Jalan Angsana, and pass through the main commercial precinct of Farlim along Lintang Angsana.
At the end of Lintang Angsana, the bus makes a left to Lebuhraya Thean Teik. There are mostly residential houses on both sides of the road. At the next junction, the bus enters Jalan Paya Terubong.
Our journey reaches its end as the high-density Paya Terubong flats loom into view. On the right side of the road is the Paya Terubong cemetery.
The bus turns left to enter Tingkat Paya Terubong. It reaches its terminus at Tingkat Paya Terubong 1, near Goldhill Complex. From there it retraces its route back to town. Except for some minor changes (see the map) where the road is one way, the route back is quite faithful to the outgoing route.
Rapid Penang Fare
First 7 km: RM1.40
Next 7 km (up to 14 km): RM2.00
Next 7 km (up to 21 km): RM2.70
Next 7 km (up to 28 km): RM3.40
Over 28 km: RM4.00
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