[lca2018-chat] Trains

[Ewen McNeill]

On 20/01/18 15:27, Jethro Carr wrote:
> Sydney airport train is fantastic as long as you’re physically ok carrying
> your suitcase(s) up stairs. Very quick and only about $16.

There are lifts at several stations, including the airport stations 
(lifts + escalators, IIRC you may need to use both) and Central (nearest 
station to UTS; lifts, stairs, and escalators in various combinations 
from memory).  You'll need to look signs to figure out which direction 
to head for the lift.  Certainly this trip in Sydney I didn't have to 
carry my suitcase up any stairs -- lifts and ramps were sufficient at 
Central -- for which I was grateful.

At least at the airport Opal cards appeared to be free -- just pay for 
the value you needed on the card, rounded up to the next $10 AFAICT, so 
$20 covers Airport to City (about $16.50 on Opal?) and leaves a little 
extra.

At the airport you can also get single-use "airport to city" passes from 
the ticket machines (around AU$18 IIRC) if you don't think you'll use an 
Opal card again.  (Beware that AFAICT most Sydney buses are Opal card 
only, so if you think you might use any public transport the LCA week it 
may still be worth getting the Opal card.)

And yes, Sydney Airport Train was very quick.  About 20 minutes from 
arriving at International station until I was at Central station, 
including time at the stations.

For reference:

https://wiki.linux.conf.au/wiki/Transport

has a bunch of detail now.

And:

https://wiki.linux.conf.au/wiki/Airport_arrivals_and_departures_page

might help with figuring out if anyone else is arriving close enough to 
your time that it's worth trying to organise a Taxi / Uber / something 
else.  As someone else said if you have 2-3 people a Taxi is probably 
cheaper overall and potentially gets you to the door of where your're 
staying too.

Ewen