KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 -- Licensed cross-border taxi drivers in Singapore and Johor Bahru say they are struggling to survive as illegal operators continue to undercut them with door-to-door services.

At Ban San Street Terminal in Singapore, drivers wait hours with no passengers, while across the Causeway, the situation at Larkin Sentral is no better.

Veteran Singaporean driver Haniff Mahbob said, "There are only drivers here and no passengers," describing the bleak state of the trade post-pandemic.

Many licensed drivers blame the rise of illegal private vehicles that pick up passengers directly from homes and drop them anywhere across the border, Singapore's CNA reported.

Under current rules, Singapore and Malaysia allow licensed taxis ...