Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

[AustraliaPoochie]

Just noticed on Sun morning, if you are coming into Flinders St station, on the Melbourne public transport system, go to platform 10, there are Myki readers there, and these are not as well used as the ones facing Fed Square, easier to use to exit the system/train station.
From any of the other platforms, just use the ramp to cross to platform 10, or the escalators.
If wanting to avoid the Broady doof doof mode, there is the option of getting the tram, ie, 478/479 if they still run, out to Airport West, and then the tram from there.
$5 is a bit steepish, considering its $4,25 for Adelaide Airport to city.
I don't have a concession, and I don't get Seniors for a few more years yet.
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Moonee Ponds?
Edit: just checked, 478/479 still run.
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The new Melbourne Airport train line, from 2029, if we are still around by then, will have a gate fee, $15.35, ouch.

 

[AIRwin]

 

[jrfsp]

I’ve found the cheapest, PERfect price

 

[jrfsp]

Local bus services 'woeful': Melbourne Airport | Brimbank & North West

Melbourne Airport has joined in the chorus of calls urging the state government to increase local bus services and has …

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Calls to improve local PT to MEL airport

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Local bus services 'woeful': Melbourne Airport | Brimbank & North West

Melbourne Airport has joined in the chorus of calls urging the state government to increase local bus services and has …

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Calls to improve local PT to MEL airport

Having been to MEL a few times I quite frankly don't see the issue. There's plenty of bus services available (SkyBus being one such route) out of MEL into the city centre. If there is an issue, I think it would be the fact that the fares are too high and myki is not accepted on the route.

-RooFlyer88

 

[jrfsp]

Having been to MEL a few times I quite frankly don't see the issue. There's plenty of bus services available (SkyBus being one such route) out of MEL into the city centre. If there is an issue, I think it would be the fact that the fares are too high and myki is not accepted on the route.

-RooFlyer88

Skybus is a privately operated service and charges accordingly. The current push focuses on poor public bus services particularly for workers who live in the NW suburbs and have to drive to work through lack of options

 

[dajop]

Having been to MEL a few times I quite frankly don't see the issue. There's plenty of bus services available (SkyBus being one such route) out of MEL into the city centre. If there is an issue, I think it would be the fact that the fares are too high and myki is not accepted on the route.

-RooFlyer88

Don't think so. If you're travelling from the north western suburbs to the airport, aside from the Skybus being very costly, you also have to pay another fare for your transport between home and the Southern Cross (where Skybus departs from). A lot of time going into the city and back out again.

 

[aikman]

For the prices that SkyBus charges you'd think they would operate 24/7 but no. People departing on 6am international services or people arriving at midnight (taking delays into account) cannot rely on SkyBus.

 

[dajop]

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On this basis, and going back to the original topic - the cheapest way of getting to an airport by public tranposrt would have to be - in cents per km - Merimbula to Melbourne Airport. $10.60 or $5.30 for concessions for the ~600km journey, so 1.8c per km (0.9c for concession). Probably not recommended.

 

[kerfuffle]

For the prices that SkyBus charges you'd think they would operate 24/7 but no. People departing on 6am international services or people arriving at midnight (taking delays into account) cannot rely on SkyBus.

They used to pre-pandemic

 

[dajop]

For the prices that SkyBus charges you'd think they would operate 24/7 but no. People departing on 6am international services or people arriving at midnight (taking delays into account) cannot rely on SkyBus.

They used to have 24/7 operation. But didn't restore the overnight services after the recovery from COVID. Very poor IMHO.

 

[jrfsp]

On this basis, and going back to the original topic - the cheapest way of getting to an airport by public tranposrt would have to be - in cents per km - Merimbula to Melbourne Airport. $10.60 or $5.30 for concessions for the ~600km journey, so 1.8c per km (0.9c for concession). Probably not recommended.

You'd have to buy a paper ticket for Vline, would that then work for onward travel? Not that im planning on trying it.....

 

[dajop]

You'd have to buy a paper ticket for Vline, would that then work for onward travel? Not that im planning on trying it.....

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[FishFood]

cheapest way of getting to an airport by public tranposrt

If we are taking any airport, I think the cheapest is still Perth Airport.

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[Happy Dude]

They used to have 24/7 operation. But didn't restore the overnight services after the recovery from COVID. Very poor IMHO.

And they didn't restore the peninsula service past Frankston either. Also now costs more to go from Frankston than it did to go from Mornington. Very very poor.

 

[dajop]

Can't see the current Melbourne Skybus contract online, but previous contract (which expired at the end of June 2023), required services every 30 mins overnight. Obviously Force Majeure event was invoked with COVID, but if they are arguing to the government that this is still in place, they really are taking the p##. Maybe time for a letter to the Transport Minister?

 

[VPS]

Skybus also used to do free hotel deliveries pre Covid and it wasn't that long ago it still was on their app or website. Covid is finished so not sure why they don't bring that back apart from the fact it would cost them more

 

[elanshin]

Skybus also used to do free hotel deliveries pre Covid and it wasn't that long ago it still was on their app or website. Covid is finished so not sure why they don't bring that back apart from the fact it would cost them more

Fuel costs most likely.

Skybus used to also run to other destinations and there were other shuttle services especially to SE Melbourne corridor.

In all honesty, Vic Gov should've really stepped in and add tenders for a few more shuttle services until the airport line is built.

Places like Sunshine, maybe to SE corridor main hubs (Box Hill?). As skybus really just takes you to Southern Cross and Mornington Peninsula.

 

[L2.]

Skybus used to also run to other destinations and there were other shuttle services especially to SE Melbourne corridor.

There was a long established bus service to the eastern suburbs called Airport Bus Eastside using either vans or small buses with a luggage trailer which operated for many years, which was bought out by Skybus in 2019 and later rebranded as the 'Eastern Express'.

Of course it only lasted less than 6 months before being suspended in 2020 due to COVID-19, with the "suspension" being in place indefinitely according to SkyBus - Eastern Express.

I don't know why they bothered buying out a long-established business just to essentially close it down. The other long-established private buses to Melbourne Airport other than Skybus, being the regional services to Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo, have all resumed normal operations following the pandemic period.

 

[Happy Dude]

Fuel costs most likely.

Skybus used to also run to other destinations and there were other shuttle services especially to SE Melbourne corridor.

In all honesty, Vic Gov should've really stepped in and add tenders for a few more shuttle services until the airport line is built.

Places like Sunshine, maybe to SE corridor main hubs (Box Hill?). As skybus really just takes you to Southern Cross and Mornington Peninsula.

I guess Frankston could be described as the very northern tip of the Mornington Peninsula, but it not what springs to mind.