'It's cheaper.. but a 12-15km heavy rail extension still isn't cheap.' As I recall there was a 'light rail' built in Sydney not long ago which was a financial disaster - $2.5bn was it??
You can always try your hotel for an early check-in, but you would probably not get in in any event until after 1000 after the cleaners have started their rounds…
And on that trip I did in 2022, there were some items that I bought where the server just picked up a packet from a shelf just behind her, and the same options were presented on the card machine...