Western Sydney Airport (WSI) Discussion

[kerfuffle]

Sounds like a YMMV situation.

We had AFP working at the trial I did on Tuesday complete with sniffer dogs and got an extra special warning about not being funny and role-playing as a disruptive passenger

 

[SeatBackForward]

Bus Services from WSI to to Parramatta CBD, Sydney CBD and Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport have been announced. Commencing 25 October:

• WSI <> Parramatta $45 Return Adults, 30-45mins
• WSI <> Sydney CDB $80 Return Adults, 45-60mins
• WSI <> SYD Airport $90 Return Adults, 60-75mins

I could not find a timetable in my quick search, but their FAQ states:

How does the shuttle schedule work with flight times?​

Our timetable is synced directly with flight arrivals and departures at WSI. Super Shuttle WSI services run in line with scheduled flights, so you never have to wait long after clearing baggage or before your flight boards.

Do you operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week?​

Yes. Because WSI Airport operates 24/7 without a curfew, Super Shuttle WSI runs express services around the clock to align with early morning, daytime, evening and late night flights. If there is a flight arriving or departing WSI, we will run the Super Shuttle WSI service in line with it.

Super Shuttle WSI | supershuttle.com.au

This is the contact us page of the website

www.supershuttle.com.au

 

[futaris]

On flyertalk there is a famous thread where a bus used to earn status credits on QANTAS.

Any idea how many status credits we will earn on the WSI-SYD bus?

*tongue-in-cheek*

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Bus Services from WSI to to Parramatta CBD, Sydney CBD and Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport have been announced. Commencing 25 October:

• WSI <> Parramatta $45 Return Adults, 30-45mins
• WSI <> Sydney CDB $80 Return Adults, 45-60mins
• WSI <> SYD Airport $90 Return Adults, 60-75mins

I could not find a timetable in my quick search, but their FAQ states:

Super Shuttle WSI | supershuttle.com.au

This is the contact us page of the website

www.supershuttle.com.au

Or just take the local bus

 

[jase05]

For solo travellers perhaps but for a couple or family I’d dare say Uber would be cheaper and would definitely be my option. I can’t remember the last time I’ve used a shuttle bus to/from an airport

 

[robbo135]

Bus Services from WSI to to Parramatta CBD, Sydney CBD and Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport have been announced. Commencing 25 October:

• WSI <> Parramatta $45 Return Adults, 30-45mins
• WSI <> Sydney CDB $80 Return Adults, 45-60mins
• WSI <> SYD Airport $90 Return Adults, 60-75mins

I can believe the 45-60 mins Sydney CBD to WSI in non peak times, but in peak hour this could blow out to 90mins easily. The M5 can be diabolical at times and you still have to get through inner city rds/streets to get onto the M5.

The SYD to WSI is also an interesting one, it has to go via Central Station/CBD first (SYD-CBD-WSI or WSI-CBD-SYD), its not a direct service. The more direct route which involves no back tracking would be WSI-SYD-CBD/ CBD-SYD-WSI, but understand this would blow out travel times to/from the CBD.

When the new Western Sydney metro opens (early 2030's), you might be better off getting the metro to Parramatta (20mins from the CBD) and then getting a bus. It will be quicker than the train from the CBD to St Marys and then getting on the St Marys to WSI metro.
For anyone living on the North Shore/CBD/Eastern Suburbs/Inner West, getting to WSI takes some logistics and time if not self driving/taxi/ridesharing.