Sydney airport train line - how is it?

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I'm thinking of using the Sydney airport train line to travel to and
from the airport.

Just wondering, anyone who has had experience using it, what's it
like?

Is it crowded?

Can you easily get a seat?

I expect to be on the train around 6.45am (to the airport) and 8.30pm
(from the airport)

Thanks for your help.


Train or bus - either way offers good service.
The Airport Express Bus was discontinued some time ago, so it no longer
offers a good service.

Regards

David Bennetts

There are HEAPS of airport transfer bus services. AirPorter for a start.
Just go to any major hotel in Sydney and pick one up. Conversely leave
the airport and get of at the nearest hotel to your destination.
http://kst.com.au/airport.php is good start

Ian S..........

I hate those bloody shuttle things, and avoid them like the plague.
Jammed into a cramped minibus, with zero suspension that finds every rut
in the road, and Murphy's law is that your hotel is the last one on the
list. They often wait an eternity till they get a full load before setting
off, and get stuck in traffic, no way around because they've got to stop
off at a particlar hotel.

Usually if there are two of you to share, it's often no more expensive to
get a taxi, which delivers you comfortably to your destination in half the
time.

Regards

David Bennetts
At least the drivers of the shuttles know how to get the airport. I can
honestly say that I have had no trouble at all with shuttles. After all it
just a short run out. Each to his own I suppose.

Ian S.............

wrote:
I'm thinking of using the Sydney airport train line to travel to and
from the airport.

Just wondering, anyone who has had experience using it, what's it
like?

Is it crowded?

Can you easily get a seat?

I expect to be on the train around 6.45am (to the airport) and 8.30pm
(from the airport)

Thanks for your help.

It's pretty good. costs a bit more than the usual trains, but it's really
handy. Only problem is, it stops for a very short time, like the normal
trains, so if you have heaps of luggage you'll have to really wriggle. also
as soon as you are in the train, you have steps either up or down to the
seats, so you might have to camp out in the vestibule bit, clinging onto the
poles, to guard your luggage.

But it's the cheapest and most user-friendly way to get from/to the airport
and anywhere on the train line in Sydney.


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wrote:
I'm thinking of using the Sydney airport train line to travel to and
from the airport.

Just wondering, anyone who has had experience using it, what's it
like?

Is it crowded?

Can you easily get a seat?

I expect to be on the train around 6.45am (to the airport) and 8.30pm
(from the airport)

Thanks for your help.

It's pretty good. costs a bit more than the usual trains, but it's really
handy. Only problem is, it stops for a very short time, like the normal
trains, so if you have heaps of luggage you'll have to really wriggle.
also as soon as you are in the train, you have steps either up or down to
the seats, so you might have to camp out in the vestibule bit, clinging
onto the poles, to guard your luggage.

But it's the cheapest and most user-friendly way to get from/to the
airport and anywhere on the train line in Sydney.


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ant
This maybe of interest
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/...816252567.html

Ian S........