Budget Travel - Airports With Good Public Transportation

Thought the other post on airports without convenient public transportation needed a companion.

MSP - I'm still pretty excited about our light rail - directly downtown Minneapolis and also to the Mall of America.

PHL - love their train, although they wouldn't let me have the senior rate unless I could produce my Medicare card (I couldn't).

MAD - their train was only one Euro last time I was there.

SEA - city bus for something like $2.

ORD - their train.

AMS - train.

FCO - train in the day time (night buses are a possibility, but takes an education to scope it out).

DUB - buses (both "airporters" and cheaper/slower regular city buses)

To be added to, I'm sure - Romelle

DCA -- The Metro ... a truly outstanding system, IMHO

BOS: Its very easy to get into the city quickly either via the Blue line or even better, the new Silver Line.

SFO: BART will take you to San Francisco or most other places in the Bay Area, very convenient. If you need to head somewhere in the South Bay you can also easily take the Cal Train.

HKG: The train to the city is super comfortable and very fast.

ORD: Yea, the train is an option, but it takes forever.

With MAD, the metro is great, but it took two line changes to get to our hotel in central Madrid (and it seems it's the same for most hotels in central Madrid). There are a lot of stairs involved as well.

CGN (Cologne) - The train takes about 15 minutes from the airport. The fee is something like 2.25 Euros.

AMS (Amsterdam) - The train does not take that long, although I don't recall how many minutes. The fee is less than 4 Euros.

OTP (Bucharest) - There's the express bus from the airport, which works reasonably well, except it's not air-conditioned. It is cheap, though.

Thought the other post on airports without convenient public transportation needed a companion.

MSP - I'm still pretty excited about our light rail - directly downtown Minneapolis and also to the Mall of America.

PHL - love their train, although they wouldn't let me have the senior rate unless I could produce my Medicare card (I couldn't).

MAD - their train was only one Euro last time I was there.

SEA - city bus for something like $2.

ORD - their train.

AMS - train.

FCO - train in the day time (night buses are a possibility, but takes an education to scope it out).

DUB - buses (both "airporters" and cheaper/slower regular city buses)

To be added to, I'm sure - Romelle

SFO/OAK have buses too... Which go to downtown SFO/OAK. Cheaper too then Bart-o. But Bart-o is faster-O. OAK does have a bus that is 24 hours a day. Late-night it runs every hour.

PHL- Train to downtown (Central Station) every 30 minutes cost $7 bucks. Don't worry buy your ticket(s) on the train because there aren't any tickets machines. 24 hours

LGA- You have MTA buses that can take you all over the city from the Bronx to Manhattan. Almost 24 hours a day.

BWI- Train

EWR- Train/Buses

PVD- Bus, but it is sooooooooooo slow. You might as well take a cab.

BOS- Bus and bus to the train.

JFK- MTA bus and the crap that is the airtrain to Jamaica Station:td: and to the A train stop.

ORD - Honestly, the train is soooo awesome. Though it can take forever, well it seems to me, to get into downtown Chi--town. But you can't beat the price or the convenience.

SEA- Almost 24 hour bus service. Depending on the time prices range from $1.25 to $2.50 (peak hours). With a local and express bus. Only negative is if you aren't one of the first Airport passengers on the bus during peak arrival times, you better like to stand with your luggage.

ANC - you can't beat the price of $1.50 to downtown ANC in less then 10 minutes if you take the 7A.

LHR - If the walk doesn't kill you first the price will. Many many options to get into London. If LHR wasn't so confusing and time consuming to get to the public transportation (Terminal 3 anyone) it would be the ideal airport!

HNL - The bus to downtown and Waikiki is awesome. Though the transients are... Well it is the only sore point. Plus the 19/20 makes stops at all the major movie theaters in Honolulu (Dole/Ward).^

LAX - The airport connection bus can take you to the bus terminal by the c parking lot... I think it is C, where you can get buses to long beach/ downtown LA. There is also the flyaway which I think is now at $4 is also good and takes you to Union Station or Van Nuys... Operates 24 hours.

FRA - If you can navigate your way through the airport then you will see just how a city should run their airports. FRA has the best train system for an airport and the best public transportation into the city.

PDX - TriMet MAX Red Line/MAX Red Line light rail service can get you to downtown within 45 mins. The trains are clean and well it is awesome!

LHR - If the walk doesn't kill you first the price will. Many many options to get into London. If LHR wasn't so confusing and time consuming to get to the public transportation (Terminal 3 anyone) it would be the ideal airport!

Then perhaps you should do what I do and that is stay well away from the Heathrow Express.

By sticking to the London Underground it's possible to get into Central London for just 2GBP. Check with the UK forum if you need more guidance for cheap travel to LHR - it's as cheap (or can be) and as convenient as any European airport. There are even some options for wheelchair users - one of which suited me very well last time I travelled back from LHR.

FCO - train in the day time (night buses are a possibility, but takes an education to scope it out).
Don't even try using 'public' transport from FCO if you're a wheelchair user. :td::td::td:

NRT has great inexpensive connections - many of which wheelchair users can use too.

Dus. Subway into the city and German Rail.
Pdx. Light rail.
Dca. Metrorail.
Sea. Cheap and frequent bus.
Mco. Three bus lines including into the city.
Atl. Marta (rail) into downtown Atlanta.
Cdg. The RER into the city.
Fra. Subway and regional rail.
Txl. Bus into the city.
Ams. Rail to the city and regional service.
Sfo. Bart.
Lax. Bus to Union Station. Bus to the Green Line. Regional buses (to Long Beach, for instance)

STL - has a pretty decent service provided by the MetroLink (which serves both terminals)

SYD - buses and the train both run there from Circular Quay and other areas

LGW - Gatwick Express and a plethora of other trains can take you to and from Victoria Station. Also, National Express.

STN - London Stansted, has National Express service that only costs GBP 10.

EDI - buses run from Waverly station to the airport regularly. Cost is minimal (GBP 3 I think)

DME - Domodedovo airport in Moscow. Train runs from Paveletski railroad station to the airport.

ATH - Athens airport has two types of trains (metro and an express-type train) that run regularly. Bus service also available.

CGN - Cologne-Bonn airport. Easy connection to Cologne via rail right from the terminal.

LHR - just to add to what's been said, I've taken the tube to and from LHR and while it does take some time, for people on the budget it's an excellent option. It's cheap! And it gets you there. Otherwise you can take the more expensive Heathrow Express, which is still cheaper than a taxi, if you're traveling on your own.

STN - London Stansted, has National Express service that only costs GBP 10.


You should also be aware that STN and LTN have the www.easybus.co.uk service departing from nr Baker Street and Victoria.

This means it is possible to get transport to/from either airport for just 2GBP.

They won't carry wheelchairs though :td::td::td: so to my mind this isn't 'public' transport.

There are lots of larger airports with a rather good public transport system, and most of them are outside the US :p.

Some of them have not been mentioned before, such as MUC, SIN, HKG, KUL, BCN, CDG (if you don't take the bus!) - just to name only a few of them.

CHC is have quite some good access, but only by car. Since there is not too much traffic on the roads, this airport is rather easy to access (in strong contrast to AKL which is really bad :td:)

ZRH - Plenty of buses, regional and long haul trains leaving from the airport. Plus you can use any train you want to get into the city, there's no overpriced "Airport Express" train. The train ticket into the city is also valid on all trams and buses in the city.

FRA - Excellent connections to regional and long haul (IC/ICE) trains

VIE - Pretty good as well, the CAT train is rather expensive, but the much cheaper S-Bahn doesn't take much longer, plus there's also bus connection into the city.

More airport/public transportation connections:

CPH has S-trains (IC3 electric trains), which are very good. The Danes encourage to use public transportation to/from Kastrup airport. They are also firm believers in the one ticket system, i.e. using the same S-train ticket as transfer to local bus or metro in central Copenhagen.

Oslo has the Fly Toget (fast train). Stockholm has Arlanda Express (fast train).

DCA -- The Metro ... a truly outstanding system, IMHO
Except when it stops running at 11:45PM... :(
Methinks BART is better :)

STN - London Stansted, has National Express service that only costs GBP 10.

EDI - buses run from Waverly station to the airport regularly. Cost is minimal (GBP 3 I think)
In those cases - and places like Amsterdam - the public transport is great if you want to go to the nearest major city BUT if you don't then it can be a pain in the orifice.

For example - the buses between Edinburgh & Glasgow pass very close to Edinburgh Airport but they don't stop there. There aren't any train connections from Edinburgh Airport despite 2 rail lines passing within half a mile of the airport

Stansted - great if you want to go to London or Cambridge but it rapidly becomes quote time consuming if you want to go further north. Often it's quicker to go into London than travel to Peterborough & catching a train - there are even circumstances where it is quicker (and cheaper & easier) to go to Gatwick (30 miles south of London) rather than Stansted (40 miles north of London) if travelling from the north.

And if you really want to have a laugh see how long it takes to get from Leeds to Stansted by coach - it's between 5h30m & 7h for a distance that's less than 200 miles

Except when it [DC Metro] stops running at 11:45PM... :(

...or when it does not start running until 7 AM on weekends (used to not start until 8 AM, as I recall.)


Methinks BART is better :)
However, as of this month, if you come from the Peninsula on Caltrain and get off at the Milbrae station to connect to SFO, BART no longer goes directly to SFO! One has to take BART to San Bruno and change trains to get back to SFO. :td::td::td:

I forgot to mention Venice. Step out of the terminal and take the #5 ACTV bus to Piazzale Roma. I recommend buying an ACTV pass at the airport, whether that's for 24 or 72 hours. This works for the buses and the vaporettos.

Rome is not so bad either. From Ciampino, you can take a Terravision coach directly to Termini, although maybe that's not strictly public transit. (There is an even cheaper public transit solution, but I don't recall the details.) From Fiumicino, you can take the Leonardo Express to Termini.

BNA recently improved the situation by expanding the frequency of bus service. It still leaves a bit to be desired, however.

MDW has always been convenient with the CTA Orange Line. The Blue Line to ORD is nice, but takes a bit longer (as others have said).

PDX & MSP are nice with their light rail options.

Very good:
LGW - Very convenient, with frequent trains not only to and from multiple central London termini, but also through London to points north.
STN - Excellent access by train to Cambridge or London, and excellent access by plane to other destinations in Europe. Access to other places in the UK might involve changing in London, but that's British Rail for you.
BCN - Trains are convenient (though only run half-hourly).
AMS - Excellent, frequent trains not just to Amsterdam but to Den Haag and elsewhere as well.
NRT - I paid nothing for the train as I had a JR pass; the prices for the express trains seemed very high to me ($25+), but apparently there are cheaper slower trains.
SFO - BART is very convenient and reasonably priced, whether going into SF or connecting to Caltrain.
LAX - A terrible airport (I shudder to think what it must be like to try to change planes there), but the Flyaway bus is reasonably cheap and convenient.
JFK - LIRR or Subway E to Jamaica are both fairly fast and inexpensive options. The $5 for the Airtrain from there into the JFK terminals seems sort of silly, but not quite enough to justify the inconvenience of trying to get a (free with subway transfer) MTA bus to Jamaica instead.
BOS - Shuttle bus to the blue line train or silver line bus to the red line train. Both tend to involve more transferring than seems reasonable, but are very quick and convenient if you don't have heavy bags.
GIG - Good, frequent buses into and through the city center, though metro would be nicer.
MAD - Madrid metro line 8 gets there cheaply enough.

Reasonable:
LHR - All right, but the tube takes forever and the regular trains are overpriced (and Paddington is inconvenient for me). Terminal 5 will make this worse, Crossrail may or may not make it better.
GRZ - Well, what do you expect from a Ryanairport. Frequent S-bahn trains to Graz, but I can't imagine any tourists are actually going there. The train from there onward to Vienna was not too difficult, but took a couple hours, and would have been expensive enough to make flying to GRZ not worthwhile had I not had a Eurail pass.
CUZ - No convenient bus option, but taxis are cheap enough to make it unnecessary.
EWR - The train to New York is crowded and overpriced, though the latter problem can be mitigated by changing at Newark Penn Station.
RAK - There are said to be buses to the airport but I never saw one; for two people we were able to argue a taxi down to about the same cost as the bus.
DUB - I waited about 40 minutes for one of the city buses. The aircoach buses are frequent but seemed unreasonably expensive (€7).

AUS and SAT both have cheap city bus service (a dollar), but will take you 45 mins. to an hour to get you downtown. Beats a 20+ dollar taxi ride, though!

BCN - Train station just across from the terminals - will take you to the center of the city

JFK - Air Train to Jamaica station, which is part of the famous NYC subway system.

BKK - Cheap airport bus with stops at major points in the city.

MSP - Train system with airport stop - takes you to downtown MSP one way and Mall of America the other. I actually want a long layover in MSP sometime because of this :cool:

AMS - Takes you to the downtown Centraal Station .. and the Red Light District :p

AGP malaga spain free bus into city centre

NRT: train access is "good" in the sense of clean, reliable and efficient, and not expensive for the distance covered (at least compared to other airports). However, it's quite a long slog from the centre of Tokyo and the trains don't run as fast as they could. A third route is scheduled to open in 2010 which should be much faster.

SXF: DB trains and Berlin S-Bahn, also bus access to southeastern Berlin; cheap fare (€2,10 from anywhere in Berlin); long walk from station to terminal (buses stop at terminal).

However, as of this month, if you come from the Peninsula on Caltrain and get off at the Milbrae station to connect to SFO, BART no longer goes directly to SFO! One has to take BART to San Bruno and change trains to get back to SFO. :td::td::td:
Oh wow - what a pain... I just did that recently too (Caltrain to SFO)...

GRZ - Well, what do you expect from a Ryanairport. Frequent S-bahn trains to Graz, but I can't imagine any tourists are actually going there.Really? I actually went to GRZ for a weekend some years back, and really enjoyed it - it's a nice enough city...

SXF:
long walk from station to terminal (buses stop at terminal).
That is set to change when SXF becomes BER/BBI, and the station will be right in the terminal (2011++)

I'm not surprised it has not been mentioned, but unglamorous, unexciting CLE has an always uncrowded and cheap subway link directly into the main terminal.

I used to take it all the time.

That is set to change when SXF becomes BER/BBI, and the station will be right in the terminal (2011++)

Given the history of large construction projects in Berlin to date, my bet's on 2014 ;) 16 years ago the schedule was for it be opened in 2000...

They're planning to reclassify the airport into a new (= more expensive) fare zone once it's in operation.

BKK - Cheap airport bus with stops at major points in the city.

MSP - Train system with airport stop - takes you to downtown MSP one way and Mall of America the other. I actually want a long layover in MSP sometime because of this :cool:


BKK is not nice because of the public transit, because I usually arrive on NW28, which arrives around midnight. The public options are slim. I DO
love that I can get a cab into town for 300B!

Now, the light rail at MSP is nice if you are connecting, or switching terminals. But if one lives in MSP, and not directly along its line, it is most nearly useless!

MAD: I love the Metro, & it is now 2 euros (1 for the metro & 1 for the airport surcharge or something like that). Still a great deal.

SEA: should have the light rail from the airport to downtown operational sometime this year. ^

KUL: Kuala Lumpur's giant airport is WAY out in the middle of nowhere, but there's a 160-km/h 35-ringgit (10 dollar) rail line to KL Sentral, where you can get a local train, monorail, etc. (However, it shuts down late at night when flights are still arriving.)

When departing, you can check your bags and get your boarding pass at KL Sentral transit station in the city and be done with it, and there's no line.

Warning: Low-cost airlines such as AirAsia leave from a completely different terminal (LCCT) that's literally miles away from the main terminal, and the best option there is an express bus, which I recall as something like 10 ringgit. It takes about an hour via bus to get to the city.

BKK: Express bus, as mentioned, is your best option unless you're arriving at midnight. The drivers may not speak English but they do try to be helpful about identifying your stop, and the buses are not crowded.

SBA: the bus stops directly at the airport, brings you right to central downtown in one direction or the University of CA,(which is very close to the airport), the other direction. Very easy to use....Cost $1.25.

GVA airport rail station, next to the main terminal - regular reliable (if not cheap) trains to the whole of Switzerland.
Free 80 minute public transport pass available to all incoming passengers - tickets from a machine in the bagage reclaim area, just before customs. If your ticket is inspected, you may need to show proof of air travel, so keep boarding passes.
If you stay in any hotel (including youth hostels) in Geneva city, you have right to a transport pass valid for the duration of your stay, obtainable from the reception of the hotel. Passes valid on all public transport (buses, trains, including those to the airport, trams, trolley, boats).
GVA is serviced by 3 bus lines: 5 to Palexpo, Nations, Main Station, City Centre, Hospital.
10 to Mail line station, City Centre
28 to Meyrin in one direction and Nations (international organizations) in the other.

BRU - Train station right below the terminal, €2.80 for central Brussels, trains roughly every 15 minutes. Ticket machines don't take credit cards though :td:, you have to have a Maestro card or pay cash on the train.

An excellent list.^

GVA (Geneva): I strongly second this. It's 6 minute ride on the train to Gare Cornavin downtown, about 7 Swiss Francs for a 2nd-class ticket.

Others not mentioned:

KIX (Osaka): lots of train (JR) and bus services into the city, although Osaka proper is a bit far away (about 30 mins on the train).

CTS (Sapporo): train station right near the airport, though IIRC it's an open platform and thus very cold in winter. 20 mins to Sapporo Station.

MUC - S Bahn to the city, Bus to Freising to get to the Deutsche Bahn to points east and north (Nuernberg, Passau, etc.)

NRT - The bus into Tokyo is much more convenient, IMHO. There's a Bus station where you have a very short walk to a cab, unlike the labyrinth that is Tokyo station

I was wondering when CLE was going to come up......fantastic option and 20 minutes to downtown cleveland for 2 bucks--beware-you have to have exact change.
BOS-great with the T
PHL-good with SEPTA
ORD-longgggggggggggggggggggggg ride but beats a cab in ORD traffic
ATL-MARTA ain't bad......
IAD-Take the Wash Flyer that leaves every 15 minutes to W Falls Church Station on METRO and go from there.....
SFO-Bart is okay but WAYYYYYYYY too expensive for public transportation.....
FRA-god I love the German trains.......always on time especially the ICE trains!^^^

IST - train/tram. Just took it to the airport. Seemed quite reasonable
ATH - convenient and simple.

Great thread, OP.

With MAD, the metro is great, but it took two line changes to get to our hotel in central Madrid (and it seems it's the same for most hotels in central Madrid). There are a lot of stairs involved as well.

My thoughts exactly, but I'd do it again.

OSL - easy train to downtown.

CUN - There's an inexpensive ($3) shuttle service to the bus station downtown, where you can get a taxi LOADS cheaper than at the airport (although more expensive than walking half a block and hailing one off the street), or try your luck with one of the local city buses, which will cost you less than $1 and, provided you get on the right one, drop you within walking distance of whatever hotel you're at.

LHR - along with other options stated earlier, supershuttle style service called dot2dot from most london terminals to hotels in central london and canary wharf. www.dot2.com

EDI - flyer bus is excellent and reasonably priced. Roadwarks starting now to prepare for city tram which will ultimately link to the airport. Not till 2011 though.

Cleveland [CLE] Train into Downtown Cleveland. ^

MAD:
they have a weekly pass at the airport for the subway(Metro)
Just be very careful of Pick-Pockets. They are everywhere
on the Metro..avoid crowded trains and rush hour.
dbase

Off the top of my head:

ATL - subway
BOS - subway
CLE - rapid
ORD - subway
SFO - subway
PHL - subway
AMS
MAD
LHR

DCA -- The Metro ... a truly outstanding system, IMHO

I would definitely agree with this statement. I refuse to rent a car in DC as public transportation is so good.

Santiago Chile has bus service from the airport connecting with 2 metro stops in the city. Pass up all those taxi drivers who will hound you to death and either go to "infomation" right inside the airport for the bus number or go outside and wait at the bus stop. The savings are big if you are paying in dollars.

I was wondering when CLE was going to come up......fantastic option and 20 minutes to downtown cleveland for 2 bucks--beware-you have to have exact change.


I was reading this thread just to see if anyone mentioned CLE. Its all that plus never crowded, and a very short walk from the baggage claim. Totally underutilized.

I didn't see anyone name HKG, which is excellent for public transport.

There's the Airport Express - which takes you to Kowloon (in about 20 minutes) and HK Island (Central) in 25 minutes. Station is located adjacent to the terminal building and a short walk. Costs HK$100 to HK Island and HK$90 to Kowloon one way. If you buy a round trip return ticket it is HK$180 to/from HK and $160 to/from Kowloon. 1/2 price for children. It does connect into the MTR railway network though there is a lot of walking if you want to connect into the MTR Central station. Taxis are available at the stations. There are also free shuttle buses to the hotels in the nearby area available at the Airport Express stations in Kowloon and HK.

Airport buses are also available and even cheaper, ranging from HK$23 to HK$48, depending on destination. They may be more convenient for locations far from the MTR network.

Now, the light rail at MSP is nice if you are connecting, or switching terminals. But if one lives in MSP, and not directly along its line, it is most nearly useless!

Not quite. If you're a smart traveler, you don't carry luggage that you can't lug yourself. In that case, you can take any bus that goes to downtown Minneapolis and intersect the light rail on either Hennepin or Nicollet.

It's much more reliable than either a cab or a van service. I've had both fail to show up until the last possible minute going to the airport and getting lost on the way back from the airport. That's when I realized that even Metro Transit buses have to keep to a certain schedule and always follow the same route.

I take the #6 bus, which runs past my house, and then transfer to light rail on Hennepin. Depending on the time of day, it costs either $1.50 or $2.00. You sure can't beat the price.

In Tokyo, the Narita Express costs about 3,000 yen, really not a bad price for a 40-mile trip. In fact, it's about what the Heathrow Express costs for a 15-minute run into London-Paddington.

However, you can also take the Keisei Skyliner to the Ueno area of Tokyo for about 1,800 yen, and if you're REALLY low budget, you can take a regular Keisei commuter train on the same route (with all the comforts of a subway car!) at a flat 1,000 yen for a 105-minute journey.

> SFO-Bart is okay but WAYYYYYYYY too expensive for public transportation.....

$5.35 is too expensive?

VLC - (Valencia) now has a direct connection to the Metro network. Journey time to the city centre is about 20 minutes, costs under 2Euros and trains can be ridden by those with wheelchairs ^

ALC - (Alicante) although the bus into the centre of town (every 40 minutes, 1 Euro) isn't accessible to wheelchairs, the cost of a taxi is under 15 Euros. Once in Alicante there is access to the TAM tram system (underground at the city - for the moment it runs up to the Mercado Central, it's currently being extended to the rail station next to the main Corte Ingles), the TAM does have wheelchair access and allows you to travel up the coast (Northwards) inexpensively.

Continuing defense of MSP light rail....during the day the senior fare from the Roseville suburb via bus, connecting to the light rail, is only 50 CENTS! And in my usual mode of backpack travel, totally workable.

Takes right at an hour if you know the bus schedule. It's a challenge to drive from the same starting point, park, and walk to the terminal in the same amount of time.

And of course there are a couple major additional runs possible over the next few years.

Romelle

EWR - Airtrain and then NJ transit or Amtrak into NYC
BWI - light rail or Amtrak
BOS - bus to Blue line though I prefer bus to water taxi

SBA: the bus stops directly at the airport, brings you right to central downtown in one direction or the University of CA,(which is very close to the airport), the other direction. Very easy to use....Cost $1.25.

The problem is that to get to downtown Santa Barbara, the #11 Bus is a LOCAL that will dawdle it's way down Hollister/State taking nearly an hour to travel about 11 miles. It only runs every 30 minutes, so waiting time may be fairly long. Moreover, if you have anything resembling luggage, it's damn awkward since there's really nowhere to put it on the bus.

Big fan of public transport to/from the airport and this thread. It'll be great to have SEA join the group.

...

EWR- Train/Buses


JFK- MTA bus and the crap that is the airtrain to Jamaica Station:td: and to the A train stop.



JFK Airtrain to Jamaica, connect to Long Island RR into Penn Station. $10.75 off-peak. Did this today and came away very impressed. Largely I did it as a lark, never having tried it when I lived in the City, and had no prior research other than the general knowledge that a co-worker does this all the time.

I asked one conductor(?) one question after getting off the AirTrain and I was set.

EWR The Amtrak and New Jersey RR both stop at the Airport Rail Station. Into NYC is a breeze - no connections! If going elsewhere in NJ, the connections can be a bit disconcerning, just have faith in the schedules and the guides and you will be fine. I've done this one many times.

Beijing capital hotel and shanghai Pudong have good light rail systems

DUS = Two train options. One SBahn is in the airport itself, but the better option is to take the skytrain thing to the main line station. SBahn and DB trains to Dusseldorf Hbf, Koln, and farther!

Beijing capital hotel and shanghai Pudong have good light rail systems

PVG has the mag-lev that just takes you to the subway. If they don't have the subway you need now, it is likely under construction. The ticket machines all can be switched to English in the subway stations, and the agents tend to be helpful!

YVR - the new Canada Line into Richmond and Vancouver (both currently $2.50, but set to go up in 2010 due to an "add fare" for the airport section). Leaves every 6-7 minutes.

MAN - excellent and extremely frequent departures (generally every 3-9 min.) - between £1.65 and £3.80 into Manchester Piccadilly.

KUL: Kuala Lumpur's giant airport is WAY out in the middle of nowhere, but there's a 160-km/h 35-ringgit (10 dollar) rail line to KL Sentral, where you can get a local train, monorail, etc. (However, it shuts down late at night when flights are still arriving.)


Yes but the train is comparatively expensive for Malaysia.

SIN- Cheap subway right to the terminal.

KUL: Instead of using KL Ekspres to KL Sentral one can also use the local KL Transit trains. Same price if one is going direct to KL Sentral but roughly 60% cheaper if one exit the train at any of the interchange stations before KL Sentral and buy a new ticket for the remaining journey.

Arriving passengers in GVA can collect a ticket from a machine in the luggage reclaim area, just before going through customs, giving them free access to the public transport system for 80 minutes. There are buses and trains leaving every few minutes.
Furthermore, for those staying in GVA hotels (and hostels), a free transport pass will be supplied valid for the duration of the stay (thereby obviously giving you transport back to the airport again).

I find this thread very helpful, but I wish people would spell out the names of the cities, because it's hard to search 3 letter terms on FT.

But I agree that D.C, Seattle, Portland all have great public transportation options. I've also used London and the bus in Amsterdam easily. Paris would've been better but there are so many stairs on the metro, especially with jet lag and luggage.

I find this thread very helpful, but I wish people would spell out the names of the cities, because it's hard to search 3 letter terms on FT.

Hover over Help on the very top of the page and then click Airport Code Lookup :) No need to search @:-)

EmailKid

Hover over Help on the very top of the page and then click Airport Code Lookup :) No need to search @:-)

EmailKid

Well, thank you, but that's not what I was getting at. I was thinking that if I were going to Portland, for example, I'd type in "Portland" in the search and then I would find this thread and find out-oh neat-I don't have to pay for a taxi from the airport.

I've spent enough time on FT to know what most of the airport codes are, though I didn't have a clue when I started.

My new favorite site for airport transportation:

www.toandfromtheairport.com

Romelle

[QUOTE=artemis021;12726894]I find this thread very helpful, but I wish people would spell out the names of the cities, because it's hard to search 3 letter terms on FT.

Excellent point Artemis. ^ Flyer Talk is full of this. I have also been guilty and will mend my previous, poserish ways. The forum is largely a communication tool and it really takes no longer to type in the name of the city. Apart from JFK and possibly LAX the remaining codes will not be universally known by all.