What is the current story on Uber at MEL ? Are they allowed ? Is it a viable alternative to SkyBus ?
I don't believe Uber is a viable alternative to SkyBus. I have not taken an Uber from the airport - but have taken one from the city to the airport and it came to about $50. A taxi costs be $65 all up after all the fees and tolls... so an Uber was cheaper - but not as cheap as SkyBus.
I don't believe Uber is a viable alternative to SkyBus. I have not taken an Uber from the airport - but have taken one from the city to the airport and it came to about $50. A taxi costs be $65 all up after all the fees and tolls... so an Uber was cheaper - but not as cheap as SkyBus.
Skybus is often far more convenient option if you are heading to the CBD - it's just there ... to use. Cost imay be a few dollars variance.What are the preferences with SkyBus, Jetbus and Starbus ?
I notice theyre advertising "frequent flyer" passes (5 trips) but the value isnt that great. Puts is back around the pre-price rise price.
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I was cleaning out some old receipts the other day and I found a Skybus ticket from 2007 for $24 for a return ticket.
From $24 to $38 in nine years, that's a 58% rise and over the same time the CPI has only gone up about 20% (and petrol has gone down, down, down).
I took another trip to Melbourne airport via Broadmeadows on Sunday afternoon.
Current afternoon wait between the train arriving and the 901 turning up is around 22 minutes.
Time taken from Flinders street to the airport with the 22 minute wait was around 1 hour 10 minutes.
Craigieburn trains depart from platform 5 at Flinders Street.
I will be doing the journey in the opposite direction on Friday so hopefully the wait is a bit less than 22 minutes at BroadMeadows.
From $24 to $38 in nine years, that's a 58% rise and over the same time the CPI has only gone up about 20% (and petrol has gone down, down, down).
Ahh got it, thanks.More like a random 30 minutes so I missed the previous bus by 8 minutes or so.
I'm sure they had to pay big bribes to Melbourne Airport to get them to put the public buses as far away as possible with no signage.
Who does that?!Quite close if you fly Tiger