Is this Europe's MOST UNAFFORDABLE Airport Transfer? | Lyon's Rhônexpress

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @fredskronk
    @fredskronk 3 месяца назад +7

    Try the Atlanda Express in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s about €30 for a twenty minute train ride.
    Although there are local commuter trains running, which takes about 45 mins, you’ll still have to pay an €11 airport charge. This charge is then passed on to the operator of the Arlanda Express. Yes. The express is getting paid when you use local transit.

    • @JeSuisRene
      @JeSuisRene Месяц назад +1

      Worth pointing out that the Stockholm transfer can be completed even cheaper if you take the bus to Märsta and change there for the commuter train to Stockholm Central. This can be done using a regular Stockholm day ticket or a 39kr single ticket, however this takes an hour.

  • @jeanmarc_ould
    @jeanmarc_ould 3 месяца назад +2

    I thought you were sporting new earrings at 10:14. I thought what a fresh look! Haha
    Hope you enjoyed Lyon and it’s traditional bouchons 😉

    • @jeanmarc_ould
      @jeanmarc_ould 3 месяца назад

      No cheeky combo at the Relay? Lol

  • @ralphzechendorf1644
    @ralphzechendorf1644 3 месяца назад +10

    Wow, for that price they could at least offer integrated 1 hour fare on the whole network, and 100% low-floor trams. (and longer vehicles might not hurt)

  • @gavinkemp7920
    @gavinkemp7920 29 дней назад

    The big irony is for a while they were sending the cheap ouigo's from that station. I had a case where I had to take the Rhone express, and it was more expensive than the train to Montpellier which as a student I really didn't appreciate, I'm not even sure it was cheaper than a normal TGV.
    Fortunately, I have been able to avoid using it most of the time.

  • @buzzukfiftythree
    @buzzukfiftythree 3 месяца назад +3

    Two cars are clearly not enough capacity. As to cost, a Heathrow Express single ticket from Heathrow to Paddington will cost £25.00 for a 20 minute ride, although you can halve that by travelling on an Elizabeth Line train. It takes 12 minutes longer but a single costs just £12.30. It would be interesting to look at passenger numbers for each over the past year.

  • @NgKhTh
    @NgKhTh Месяц назад +2

    I have the feeling Germany is the only country where you don‘t get surcharge for taking public transportation to and from the airport.

  • @Michaelgoestofrance
    @Michaelgoestofrance 3 месяца назад +3

    I've lived in Lyon for over 20 years so used to take the Satobus. The Rhônexpress is really expensive but, as a single traveller, it is convenient. It has to be said, if you're travelling in a group, it makes more sense to just get a taxi direct from the airport to your final destination. If you don't mind using a bus, TCL is really a viable alternative.

  • @chipe123o4
    @chipe123o4 21 день назад

    I took it the other day and was surprised by how expensive it was but the local transport network is an alternative, you'd have to hop between some lines depending on your destination but it's doable.

  • @tubataxidriver1959
    @tubataxidriver1959 3 месяца назад +5

    For comparison, a 20 minutes tram ride within Lyon is €2.15.

  • @martincox2735
    @martincox2735 2 месяца назад

    Another excellent video my friend! Agreed, a tad on the expensive side but not quite as much as the €90 one-way taxi ride on the same route (mobility issues) that we paid in September! Hope that you enjoyed your pike surprise or intestine themed sausage from your bouchon. Or was it a cheeky meal deal from a Monop'? Take care 👍

  • @enthusiastisch1922
    @enthusiastisch1922 3 месяца назад +1

    Nice: €1.70 from Grand Arénas 8 Minutes from T1. Free tram between the terminals.

  • @FuraIIII
    @FuraIIII 3 месяца назад

    Great video!

  • @aidenvloggingltd
    @aidenvloggingltd 3 месяца назад +3

    You forgot Bordeaux Airport, which is a 40 min tram for 1€80!!!

  • @xouxoful
    @xouxoful 3 месяца назад +2

    Not that bad. Those are the price for an unsubsidised service, But vehicles are too small and too crowded, the signage to get the station is amateurish.

  • @the1gip
    @the1gip 3 месяца назад +3

    Good video. Something similar happened in Edinburgh a few years ago, there used to be normal fare slow local buses serving the airport, now every bus including the slow local ones (rebranded Skylink) now carries a premium fare to the airport (£5.50 sgl for the last two stops, compared to £2 outside airport area).

    • @aidenvloggingltd
      @aidenvloggingltd 3 месяца назад +3

      Even tho you can walk 30mins to next tram station to avoid premium LOL

    • @the1gip
      @the1gip 3 месяца назад +2

      @aidenvloggingltd Very true! I've done it in 15 before. But not ideal with heavy bags or family, that's how they get ya

  • @anthonyholroyd5359
    @anthonyholroyd5359 Месяц назад

    This is like an even more extreme version of the 'Airport Zone' nonsense on Edinburgh trams.
    A standard single across the entire tram network other than the Airport station? (Including ingliston park & ride, which is within sight of the airport) £2.00
    A single including that one extra stop? In the 'Airport Zone'? £7.50
    A typical return? £3.80
    Airport zone included? £9.50

  • @osefrly4885
    @osefrly4885 3 месяца назад +1

    Unaffordable... well, not for everyone. The ticket system was hacked years ago, people have been able to literally print free tickets. Who knows how many people could ride that tram without spending a cent!

  • @mioszlupinski4652
    @mioszlupinski4652 3 месяца назад

    Nice video

  • @peterdean8009
    @peterdean8009 3 месяца назад +1

    What about the outrageously overpriced Luton DART that runs between 'London' Luton Airport and the Airport Parkway railway station. Distance 1.3 miles (2.1 km). Journey time less than 4 mins. Fare: £4.90 (= €5.80)

  • @Dinoteddi
    @Dinoteddi 3 месяца назад +3

    I feel like Bologna's Marconi express is just as bad, as thats €12.80 for a 7 min ride

    • @SomeoneExplores
      @SomeoneExplores  3 месяца назад +2

      How could I forget about the Marconi Express! Tried it once and seemed so steep that a journey to the intermediate stop was like €2

    • @LucaPasini2
      @LucaPasini2 3 месяца назад +2

      In Bologna you can take bus 81 or 91 from the central station, get off at a neighbourhood called Birra, then walk 5 minutes to the terminal for 1.50€. There's usually a bus every 15 minutes.

  • @fabianyt123
    @fabianyt123 3 месяца назад

    costs about the same even as heathrow Elizabeth line

  • @timbounds7190
    @timbounds7190 3 месяца назад +2

    Unaffordable? But crowded.....go figure. Not unreasonable compared to the Heathrow Express!

    • @bahnspotterEU
      @bahnspotterEU 3 месяца назад

      A 30-minute ride on a tiny tram for 16 Euros is absolutely unreasonable.

  • @didierpuzenat7280
    @didierpuzenat7280 6 дней назад

    Feel free to take a taxi is you think it is best value. Citizens are already heavily subsidizing air travel with tax free kerosene and subsidized airports, so I think you can pay the real price of your ride to the airport. Or just take the train, no need to go to the airport.

  • @qqleq
    @qqleq 3 месяца назад +8

    In Paris to Orly you pay €11.30, yes but for a SIX minute ride in a mini RER, OrlyVal. Add up the regular RER, so you get up to about 14.5€! At almost €2 per minute it makes Lyons 0,50 per minute laughable! In Italy I had many airport trains with prizes around €15 euro, it's quite common there.
    (Since a few months, there is also a metro 14 in Paris but you pay €10.30 extra on top of your regular ticket, just as a bonus) .

  • @rogeriomonteiro760
    @rogeriomonteiro760 3 месяца назад

    What a shame. In Lisbon it is just 1,61 Euro.

  • @yagi3925
    @yagi3925 3 месяца назад

    Then you’ve never tried the Heathrow Express in London and the Arlanda Express in Stockholm.

  • @vernongoodey5096
    @vernongoodey5096 2 месяца назад +1

    What I hate is the local idiots who can use several alternatives get on the airport services causing people with suitcases and bags to have to stand. Gatwick train, Bordeaux tram, Bristol bus, Montreal always the same!

    • @dlrowolleh5855
      @dlrowolleh5855 Месяц назад +1

      Because it's supposed to be both a tram for locals and a light train for airport travellers.
      Stop thinking you're the center of the world

  • @pandus47z
    @pandus47z 3 месяца назад

    Ладно, 600₽ за аэроэкспресс в мск это не дорого

  • @Frederick-765
    @Frederick-765 3 месяца назад +1

    Bro try the Bologna Airport Marconi Express, its a fucking ripoff €12.80, and it is a monorail, the ride is crazy bouncy and uncomfortable, you would need to throw up. And a few years ago it was €6. Nobody takes it, how can you justify €1+ / min. Seriously a joke, everyone must boycott. The bus is much cheaper

  • @hbecph
    @hbecph 3 месяца назад

    Marseille is 16€ return via bus I took it a month ago.
    Lyon's Rhoneexpress is expensive because our politicians are corrupted and help their friends business. Michel Mercier is the one to blame

  • @harryelliott4310
    @harryelliott4310 3 месяца назад +1

    Europe

    • @alexpolyakov5934
      @alexpolyakov5934 3 месяца назад

      Indeed, (1) Europe, (2) French socialism, (3) lack of competition and a lot of overregulation

    • @hbecph
      @hbecph 3 месяца назад +4

      ​@@alexpolyakov5934 It's because the politicians were friends with the private company. So its not socialism! Otherwise we would have a special discount as a local

    • @asddd.
      @asddd. 3 месяца назад +5

      @@alexpolyakov5934 a private company charging extra for a trip which they have a monopoly on, how exactly is that considered socialism ?

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks Месяц назад +1

      ​@@asddd. Pretty grand expectations that someone who throws the word socialism around actually understands what it means

    • @asddd.
      @asddd. Месяц назад

      @@grassytramtracks fair point