Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

[CaptJCool]

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Looks like the 420 also works (on its way to T1).

Edit:
1. sorry, the 2nd screen shot is the 420 route (pic got cropped for some reason). Weirdly, it was showing a few minutes quicker than the 350 but you grab whatever come first.
2. unfortunately, from T1 it looks like the 420 loops around the domestic terminal road before heading towards Mascot station - it take the hit on train instead of that!

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heres a SHORT CUT walk through a couple of back lanes and the Travelodge carpark

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Theres a SHORT CUT walk through a couple of back lanes and the Travelodge carpark

Whatever you do though don't stay at the Travelodge. I'm a 34 year old student and I hate staying at the Travelodge:

-RooFlyer88

 

[SYD]

Theres a SHORT CUT walk through a couple of back lanes and the Travelodge carpark

But the bus is there for those who don’t want to or can’t walk. Plus that area is a coughfight at the moment with the new flyover construction.

 

[PLANT]

Seriously 2022 and no Myki at Melbourne airport..... public transport pickup and drop off location!
The bus driver had no idea of location at airport.
It is at the INFORMATION center opposite the international arrival area!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Yep, no way to buy Myki card there, but yes to recharging, or top up, that is easy with app.
They took away the machine at T3 a while back.
Now that space is the link between T3 and T4, ... no newsagency to do recharge either.
Registered or non registered Myki can be recharged this way by the app.
Have to wait for the new MEL airport train station and service in 2030 for Myki or new system by then there I guess.
Edit: ah, so that's where the Myki machine went to.

 

[CaptJCool]

Yep, no way to buy Myki card there, but yes to recharging, or top up, that is easy with app.
They took away the machine at T3 a while back.
Now that space is the link between T3 and T4, ... no newsagency to do recharge either.
Registered or non registered Myki can be recharged this way by the app.
Have to wait for the new MEL airport train station and service in 2030 for Myki or new system by then there I guess.
Edit: ah, so that's where the Myki machine went to.

The Machine will be there but my myki card expired in late November 2021 so I doubly doubt I could reload it

 

[SYD]

The Machine will be there but my myki card expired in late November 2021 so I doubly doubt I could reload it

Do you have an Android phone?

Mobile myki - Public Transport Victoria

Mobile myki is a new way to travel with myki. It’s a digital myki on your Android phone on the Google PayTM app.

www.ptv.vic.gov.au

 

[CaptJCool]

Do you have an Android phone?

Mobile myki - Public Transport Victoria

Mobile myki is a new way to travel with myki. It’s a digital myki on your Android phone on the Google PayTM app.

www.ptv.vic.gov.au

iPhone so no dice on this idea....

 

[JohnK]

Seriously 2022 and no Myki at Melbourne airport..... public transport pickup and drop off location!
The bus driver had no idea of location at airport.
It is at the INFORMATION center opposite the international arrival area!

There's a Myki machine at T2 arrivals. Used it in May.

 

[jrfsp]

Free trains to SYD for a week and free terminal transfer

All Opal machines will be indefinitely switched off across Sydney train stations from Thursday

Sydney commuters will be able to travel for free from Thursday, October 20 during a specific time period.

www.timeout.com

 

[SYD]

Free trains to SYD for a week and free terminal transfer

All Opal machines will be indefinitely switched off across Sydney train stations from Thursday

Sydney commuters will be able to travel for free from Thursday, October 20 during a specific time period.

www.timeout.com

Not sure how legal this will be. Unions pissed that 90+ % of travellers are still tapping on/off despite barriers open (given that it’s still technically fare evasion).

Also not sure if T1 and T2/3 will be included given their privately operated but if you can’t tap in to get there - makes it hard to tap out!

 

[CaptJCool]

Yea while I was in sydney during the last trip I ran into ticket inspectors at Chatswood Railway station waiting upon the bus arrivals.. So it’s was simpler just to pay the fare than faff around working out which mode to pay or not pay.

 

[CaptJCool]

Well Perth NOW has a new way to arrive at the airport !

$5 tic price







Why so empty ?
well the lift was broken and there was only a single way into the station !
I was the first public PAX Down the elevator!


1st Pax (or VIP) to the City


1st public PAX train to High wycombe

first PUBLIC PAX to board from the Airport station

 

[FishFood]

I was on the first train to H'Wycombe (as Transperth calls it)

 

[SYD]

I was on the first train to H'Wycombe (as Transperth calls it)

Yes, that sounds terribly British. Should make some the locals feel “at home”!

 

[CaptJCool]

$5 fares CAPPED

 

[OZDUCK]

$5 fares CAPPED

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And less if you are using a SmartRider card- $4 I think. My Seniors SmartRider card will probably get me there for free outside peak hours.

 

[CaptJCool]

And less if you are using a SmartRider card- $4 I think. My Seniors SmartRider card will probably get me there for free outside peak hours.

Be warned
the last carriage on a 3 car set is nowhere near the Escalator at Redcliffe.


up the escalator and put the station exit, its a left turn to The bus to the airport Route 292, out the door and another left turn to The bus stand 5 zero sign posts Inside the station to guide you to the bus.....

 

[clifford]

As I usually want to go to South Perth, I think I'll stick to the bus.

 

[FishFood]

As I usually want to go to South Perth, I think I'll stick to the bus.

Depending on which bus you are referring to, all of the previous airport bus services have been either changed or withdrawn with the opening of the train line