Getting from Brunei to Miri is easy. The simplest way to travel is on a direct bus that you can pre book, either at an agent or online. (the prices are the same either way). To book your direct bus from Brunei to Miri and also from Miri to Brunei – book your seats here now.
If you’re looking at all the options of how to go get the bus to Miri, then there are also a series of public buses that you can take, that also include walking across the border. You could fly (but that means going back via Kota Kinabalu and it takes a long time).
This guide to getting there focuses on catching the ONLY direct bus from Brunei to Miri which is run by PHLS. It’s a very easy trip.
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Where to Stay in Miri
There are some great places to stay in Miri– here’s our pick of the luxury places to stay in Miri, mid-range places to stay in Miri, and budget accommodation in Miri.
Pullman Miri Waterfront, Miri: The Pullman Miri Waterfront is ideally located right in the center of Miri, conveniently surrounded by the main attractions of the city. Each sleek room at this luxury Miri hotel is equipped with a flat-screen TV, high-speed internet connection, a mini-bar, a mini-fridge, a private bathroom, a desk, a seating area, and a view of the bustling city. Enjoy a fine-dining experience at the Pullman Kitchen where international buffet and ala carte dishes are served. You’ll also have the option of Le Café, a spacious open-concept café that serves light refreshments. The Pullman Miri has the Splash Pool Bar where you can enjoy light snacks while soaking in the infinity pool. The fitness center has a Jacuzzi, and steam and sauna rooms are also available. The Pullman Miri Waterfront is a luxury Miri hotel in Miri City. You can check room rates and availability here.
MCity Inn, Miri: The MCity Inn is situated in central Miri. Rooms at the MCity Inn have a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom with a shower and hairdryer, a view of the city, air-conditioning, and access to a WiFi connection. The mid-range Miri hotel has a coffee shop and room service. MCity Inn is a great place to stay when visiting Miri. Read more reviews and check rates and dates at this great Miri mid-range hotel option here.
Ajang Hotel, Miri: The Ajang Hotel is located in the Commercial Center in Miri. Each room at this budget hotel in Miri features air-conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a fridge, a private bathroom, an iron and ironing board, complimentary water, an in-room safe, a coffee/tea maker, and a complimentary WiFi connection. The budget Miri hotel has a coffee shop and room service. The Ajang Hotel is a popular place to stay in Miri. You can find out more about this in-demand accommodation in Miri and also check dates and rates here.
Brunei to Miri on the Bus
There’s one bus company that provides a through service from Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB), Brunei to Miri, Malaysia and that’s PHLS Express. Bus tickets to travel from Brunei to Malaysia cost B$20 (thats the equivalent of SGD$20) per person. There are two buses a day. There’s still only place you can book the bus online and that’s with Easybook here.
Our guide of the best things to do in Miri is here.
Brunei to Miri Bus Schedule
There are two direct buses a day from Brunei to Miri, they leave the waterfront in Bandar Seri Begawan at 0700 and 1300. You will need to check in and board 30 minutes prior to that.
Buying Tickets for Brunei to Miri Bus
You can buy tickets onboard the bus (way too scary for me, when we have a flight to catch in Miri). You can easily and safely book online and confirm your seats NOW
PHLS Brunei Agent
Alternatively, you can visit a PHLS Brunei agent. You’ll pay the same price whether you book with easybook or whether you buy in person at an agent or on the bus. The agent in BSB is BorneoTravelGuide.com. Their location is noted on the map below.

Price of Ticket for Bus from Brunei to Miri
Tickets cost B$20/SGD$20 regardless of where you buy them from. You can pay in Brunei or Singapore dollars, they’re the same value. Save anxiety, and book your bus ticket from Brunei to Miri now!

We booked our tickets at Borneo TravelGuide.com and paid in cash. It’s now, however possible to book this bus (and others) online with Easybook across South East Asia. There is no fee for using a credit card. You can also book ferries from Kota Kinabalu to some of the islands off the coast there.
We had traveled to Brunei from Labuan – you can find out how we did that in our post on Labuan to Brunei.
Where to Catch the Brunei to Miri Transport
The PHLS buses (including those to Kota Kinabalu) do NOT leave from the main Brunei bus station, also called the Jalon Cator bus station. Instead, they leave from a layby on the Waterfront.

Map of Where to Catch the Bus Brunei to Miri
If you’re looking for a google maps reference, then its just along from the intersection of Jalan Macarthur (the waterfront road name) and Jalan Kianggaesh.

It is REALLY easy to spot them, this area is not built up and there aren’t huge numbers of buses around.
How Long does the Bus from Brunei to Miri Take?
This trip takes around 3 hours, including the border crossing. It’s a really simple way to get from Brunei to Miri!
Bandar Seri Begawan to Miri & Kuala Belait to Miri Bus.
There’s a short stop at Seria (we arrived at 14:35 and departed at 15:07, although it was scheduled to leave at 15:00). There are toilets (not pleasant) and several stores here to spend your last Brunei Dollars in. The prices are the same as they are in BSB. The second stop is at Kuala Belait, where we pulled into the small bus station. PHLS Express also provides a service from Kuala Belait to Miri and from Miri to Kuala Belait. Here, we picked up a single passenger and departed two minutes later. We now have 7 people on the bus, so I shouldn’t have worried about it being full!

The final stop was at the border itself, but that’s only for immigration. We arrived at the Brunei border at 16:00. In the no mans land between the two borders we saw the returning Miri to Bandar Seri Begawan bus.
What’s the Procedure at the Border Crossing on the Brunei Miri Bus?
Passport details were taken of all passengers upon the sale of the ticket and also again on boarding the bus. When we arrived at Malaysian immigration, our attendant leapt off and disappeared with the details (not the passports, we kept those). The bus drove and stopped outside Brunei Immigration, we filed off the bus and stood in a line. (Our bus with it’s seven passengers were the only customers immigration had). We were duly stamped out of the country. We jumped back on the bus and drove to Malaysian Immigration. Same procedure, off the bus, into the line, this time our passport was stamped by a dude wearing a heavy metal T Shirt. It was quite the most laidback immigration procedure I’ve ever been through.
You can read more here about what you need to do to plan any trip to Malaysia.
Still inside the building, there were two “Health Screening” booths, where we were questioned separately. When the first question is “When did you leave the UK?” you know it’s going to be a longer than normal interrogation. It didn’t last too long however, the screeners were mainly interested if we’d been in Korea because of the MERS outbreak (yes). When? (October 2014) and then they were no longer interested as we hadn’t been to Africa, so we were free to board the bus again.
The whole two country immigration procedure, including driving between them took no longer than 30 minutes. It would have been longer if there were more folks on the bus.
Where do the Buses stop at in Miri
There are three stops in Miri – the Tudan Bus Terminal, the Pujut Corner Express bus Terminal and e-Mart. Our bus went straight to the final stop, Pujut Corner Express Bus Terminal, arriving at 1700. Although we drove past the Tudan Bus Terminal, it was in the middle of nowhere and we didn’t stop.

Pujut Corner to Miri Centre
At Pujut Corner there were no buses to Miri centre available (and it didn’t look like there would be). A swarm of taxi drivers made it clear that we weren’t going to be stuck. We went with Mr Then who took us to Miri centre for 18 RM in a short 20 minutes. During this time he convinced us that he was the man to take us to the airport the next morning for 25 RM.
Catching the Miri to Brunei Bus
If you want to get the bus to Miri to Brunei then you’ll need to get a taxi to the Pujut corner station. This is one of the Miri Bus Terminals, make sure you get to Pujut Corner. Arrange a taxi with your accommodation beforehand. Book your tickets for the bus beforehand for the Miri Brunei bus to avoid disappointment.
Miri to Brunei Bus Schedule
The PHLS Express bus leaves Miri at 0800 and 1545. The travel time for the Miri to Brunei Bus (Bandar Seri Begawan) is around 3 hours.
Is the Direct Bus from Brunei to Miri worth it?
You might be able to take local buses and make connections a little cheaper, but this was an easy way to cross another border. The bus to Miri from Brunei is not a particularly exciting or interesting route and you won’t save much money by taking multiple local buses. So, when it comes to transport from Brunei to Miri or Miro to Brunei by bus – its a resounding YES for the direct bus! It’s such an easy trip.
Let us know if you’ve done this trip and how it was for you!
Our next stop after Miri, was Mulu National Park, which is incredible > read all about Mulu National Park.
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12 thoughts on “How To Go from Brunei to Miri, Malaysia”
Hi, I’m planning to travel to BSB from Miri and looking forward to catching the bus from Miri. Do you have a suggestion of where I should wait for the bus? Is the Pujut Corner Express Bus Terminal my best option here?
I’m a little bit anxious because it’s really the only bus that I know of that connects Miri-BSB and so little information about it’s whole existence, it’s almost elusive or urban-legend-ish in a way. LOL. Even the official PHLS Express website doesn’t offer much information regarding the bus schedules or routes. I’ve emailed the contact person and I got no answer, yet.
I’m planning to catch the earliest departure which I’ve read is around 8 in the morning. And I only have one chance to do it because the next day I’m flying to Kota Kinabalu from BSB airport.
Please help me, my kind fellow wayfarer. Thank you very much.
Hallo there! Yes Pujut Corner is your best bet. Tell your taxi driver that you’re going for the PHLS bus to BSB from PC and he’ll take you to PC. It’s definitely not a myth, but like you we worried for a good while that the bus was actually real! I think it’s more that no one really writes about it! It was mainly Malaysians on the bus when we were there, only one other east of western tourists.. ( and we didn’t get a response from PHLS on email either, so don’t worry about that either..). You can also book your ticket online, there is a link in the blog. Good luck and hope you enjoy!
Useful tips. Thank you
May I know how’s the hotel in miri central. About the room rate, location and cleanliness. We are at work persons travelling. Thank you
We paid USD$20.94 a night for a private room with a private bathroom including breakfast. The room was superbly clean. Staff were friendly, wifi worked well. Location was also great, it was easy to walk to the market for food, although we needed a taxi from the bus station (there were no buses from there to the centre) and you also need a taxi – from everywhere to the airport.
Is the 1 PM bus from BSB to Miri still running? I can’t find the tickets for it on easy book. Thanks.
Yes. It’s running, I checked just now. You need to select the start point as “Waterfont Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, Brunei ” – as it goes from the Waterfront, not the main bus station. (its my pet hate with Easybook, that you can’t just put in BSB!, but star typing Bandar seri and it will come up with the options, and its Waterfront that you need.
I will be trying out the Brunei to Miri direct bus for the first time, and already, Easybook.com made the critical mistake of “refreshing” my page at payment and changing my departure date to a wrong one. Anyway, hope the trip itself will be smooth and pleasant. It sure sounds OK from the article in this blog. 🙂
Ah oh dear, I’m sorry you had that experience with them – I hope the trip goes well, we found it very smooth and an easy trip to make. Good luck!
Hi,
Great info. I’ve been researching this topic for an upcoming trip as well. In the easybook.com website, there is also an option to take the bus from Miri to BSB at the E-mart, which departs later and is a shorter trip. My guess is that this is just the same bus from PC, but the 2.5 hour travel time seems quite attractive. The only problem is that I have no idea where the EMart location is! Easybook doesn’t give the map location. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi, thanks! There are two emarts in Miri, one that you’ll find by searching for emart riam (which is further on from Miri, towards the airport) and emart Tudan, which is the road to Brunei. I truly don;t know which one it is. I can’t see how the time to travel could be reduced by 2.5 hours, as the distance between emart tudan and pujut corner isn;t that great and the time in travel can’t really be cut down. We saw no evidence, when we were in either Miri or BSB that there were 2 buses. Sorry I can’t help, but do let me know if you find anymore info! Sarah
Hi Sarah,
Planning to visit Miri from Brunei on July 1, 2019.
I wanted to experience culture and diversity.
Now, having said that is there any requirements except passport passing all the boarders? I am a Philippine passport holder.
Regards,
Ricky