 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
We're going out to see family end of August (30th Birthday celebration as well) and we are flying to Geneva.
During ski season we usually just hop of a transfer bus and get a return ticket for around 80 EURO, but no such luck in the off-season.
Any ideas on best / cheapest way to travel that doesn't involve me driving (and causing accidents!)
Many thanks,
~Mac
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Only options that I know of are hire car (which clearly doesn't float your boat) or booking a private transfer. Ski Transfers, Mountain Express & Skiddy Gonzales etc all up and running over the summer - albeit with lower numbers of vans.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for the recommendations. After some digging, it looks like train is the best optional and pretty reasonable!
The missus assured me that no train was available, turns out we can get from Geneva to Moutiers for £50 return!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Could also fly into Basel
But if going by train to Moutier the station at Geneva is at the airport and much more convenient.
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Flaine skier, we flew into Basel once... but we're supposed to be going to Geneva! It was new years eve and it took us 15 hours to get from Newcastle - Meribel, with no airport delays... just a ridiculous amount of diversions!
Ideally I would have gone Newcastle to Chambery but no flights direct over the summer
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Mac22, Make sure you are going to the correct Moutiers - there are 2 very similarly named - at one EoSB someone went to the wrong one and it took nearly 24 hours to get back to the right one!
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Mac22, The French Moutiers has an 's' on the end - unlike the Swiss one. As holidayloverxx, has said, check which one you have found!
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Thanks for the advice. We have encountered the alternate Moutier before and I am always sure to check. Moutiers Brides Les bains is what I look for
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Mac22, I'm pretty sure they are doing some works on the lines between Moutiers and Geneva at the moment so you may have to do part of the journey on a bus laid on by SNCF.
It will tell you on the SNCF.FR website and show the relevant part of the journey is either by train (normally TER) or by bus will be shown as Autocar.
Are you aware that you have to take the train from Geneva airport to Geneva Cornavin station (it takes 6 minutes to Cornavin) where you catch the trains into France?
The French trains go from platform 7 or 8 at Cornavin and you have to go through customs from Switzerland into France at the station where they can sometimes check your bag.
Did you know you can also receive free ticket for transport on the train from the airport to Cornavin?
You can normally pick up a free ticket for public transport from the machine in the baggage collection area at the Arrival level. The Unireso ticket, offered by Genève Aéroport, allows you to use public transport in Geneva free for a period of 80 minutes.
Also if you plan to buy the train tickets when you arrive you may have to queue for a short period. I used to buy mine from the ticket office at Cornavin station, for some reason I never bought them at the airport.
You also need to stamp your tickets in one of the yellow 'composter' machines before your journey at the French stations. In my experience, the first machine you come across at the French side of Cornavin station never used to work properly and it would take several attempts for it to stamp the ticket.
Apologies if you know all this but it can be a little confusing if it is your first journey on the train from Geneva airport.
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