Comments on: Sydney Airport Link Fees – Insane! Abusrd!

By: ALW

ALW — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:33:56 +0000

I have heard from friends about the cost to travel on the link.
They went by taxi cheaper.
The situation wont change while it is run by private enterprise.
Also having worked with new CEO all i can say is the situation
will get worse his interest is only money he will have no
consideration for the travelling public

By: pyko

pyko — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:08:39 +0000

Hi Susie,
Thanks for reading

Didn’t realise the taxis were such a big issue either until you posted! Some of my friends came a few weeks ago and they had to wait 30min+ for a taxi! Public transport was not even an option since they had heavy luggage.

I think to fix this Sydney government first needs to realise they made a mistake and then actually do something about it – rather than just talk and pass the blame on to someone else.

In my opinion, to start off, they really need to get rid of the gate charge for the train. Add more buses to the airport, having just one single 400 bus is just lame. With better public transport, hopefully it’ll reduce people waiting for the taxi (I mean if it costs more taking public transport who will take it?).

Personally I’ve never taken a taxi from the airport, but from the sounds of it they need better supply/demand scheduling as well.

pyko

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:20:49 +0000

Good article! Can I also add that the taxi queues at Sydney (both international and domestic) are a disgrace. I am ashamed that this is what our visitors have to experience! I arrived at 8.15 last night at the domestic airport from Melbourne. There were about 300 people in the taxi queue and in 20 minutes I only saw 2 taxis arrive to pick up passengers. I calculated that it would take from 1.5 -2 hours to get to the front of the queue. We are talking about 8pm on a Sunday night – surely they know this is a usual peak time and should plan for it! If they can’t get taxis to come – organise shuttle buses. We gave up and ended up begging for a lift from a friend who lives close by. I hate to imagine what time the poor people in the taxi queue got home. What can be done to fix this?

By: pyko

pyko — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:41:26 +0000

hi there,
I’m not entirely sure, but I believe it will cost roughly around AU$35 from the airport to the city…
pyko

By: Woz

Woz — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:12:21 +0000

How much does a TAXI cost to the CIty???

By: pyko

pyko — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:23:04 +0000

Great article I say Cut the fares!

By: Eth

Eth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:35:29 +0000

You might be interested in this article.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/cut-rail-fares-for-flyers-report-20100311-q1lm.html

By: Chii

Chii — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:09:32 +0000

you can replace airport with broadband in this article, and the article still makes sense!