Re: [Melb] Airport Heavy Rail Connection Needed!

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Jeremy Lunn" <spammers-will-die@austux.net> wrote in message
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> Come to think of it.... the Skybus from Melbourne Airport to the CBD is
> more expensive than the Sydney train!  I was really pissed off when the
> driver said $11 or whatever it was.  I couldn't beleive that a service

$12, but at least now they offer concessions - they used not to.

> that doesn't quite substitute a train could be more expensive than a
> train that has the same purpose in a different city.
>
> Next time I go, I might just get a taxi all the way home.  Might cost
> $40-50 but at least I wouldn't be waiting a SSS for 40 minutes on a
> Sunday night or being ripped off by a bus company that is more expensive
> than a train servicein Sydney (and Sydney is meant to be more
> expensive).

Tullamarine is a lot further away.

I don't know whereabouts you live, but a taxi from Tullamarine to my home in
Glen Huntly recently cost just under $60. Only took about 30 minutes though,
so it was probably worth it.


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/