 Poster: A snowHead
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Please can anyone give me any tips on getting (cheaply!) from Lyon airport to meribel. Cheers!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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jillou, welcome to snowHeads. French trains are very cheap. If the timings suit your flight arrival, train first to Chambery then change and go to Moutiers. Where if you are lucky, you could perhaps bum a lift on a T.O. coach going up to Merihell. Lots of Brit T.O.s use Moutiers Station Car Park as an interchange point where they break down large busloads from the airports into smaller buses or minibuses going up the individual valleys.
Come to think of it, you could try joining a T.O. coach all the way from Lyons Airport carpark...... If they have space available, a few Euros to the Transfer Rep might do the trick. 
If you want to book in advance on line (min 7 days before) here's a region-wide bus company that will do the return trip Aeroport de Lyon / \ Meribel Centre for 86 Euros.
http://www.altibus.com/
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Tue 7-03-06 10:11; edited 2 times in total
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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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jillou, welcome to snowHeads! 
I had a look at trains from Lyon to Moutiers and they looked reasonable - the other possibility is www.altibus.com. They were charging about £45 per person for Geneva to Val Thorens, so I'd guess that Lyon to Meribel is comparable, perhaps a little less.
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Ian Hopkinson, beat me to the edit.
BTW that web site is a bit unreliable but I have got it to work as far as a timetable and prices at least once ....... doesn't seem to make much difference whether you try it in French or English. Can crash equally spectacularly in either.  Seems to take nearly 4 hours up and 3.5 down for Lyons/Merihell. Usually 2 buses per day - mid morning and mid arvo
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Tue 7-03-06 10:42; edited 1 time in total
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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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jillou, welcome to snowheads, there is a bus service fro Lyons (St Exupery) airport to ski stations. If you go to the Lyons airport website you'll find details in Access et Stationment re SATOBUS, they have a desk in the arrivals hall.
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thanks everyone - very helpful..I will look into those options
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David@traxvax, I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that Satobus just handle the service from Lyon airport to Lyon town, and that Altibus have taken over the transfer to ski station business.
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Ian Hopkinson, yes, but the desk in the arrivals hall is still run by Satobus.
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