 Poster: A snowHead
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This is my first post for ages as I’ve been too depressed at Covid etc to even look at ski forums! But we are going next weekend and am so excited!
Anyway just realised our flight gets in to terminal 2 (the ski charter shed) at Geneva and we are then travelling on train. How do we get to terminal 1 and the station? Is it walkable or is their a bus or taxi? We’ll have luggage with us
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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According not the gva website
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transfer between terminals
Passengers can move walking between the two terminals, there are only 300 metres from each other. |
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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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It’s easy. Allow 10 minutes for the walk.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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The charter terminal is now just the charter terminal. Terminal 2 has become the new terminal directly above the train station.
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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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So if we’re flying with Jet2 and it says terminal 2 is that the old charter terminal or the new one? Anyone flown recently?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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@TommyJ, it's the 'old' terminal, I flew in there a few weeks ago. It's opposite p51. Very short walk back into the main airport.
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@TommyJ,
We landed at GVA T2 last month, with Jet2. We took a T2 Trolley (from the baggage collection hall) and trundled our luggage to T1(& the railway station next door).
As others have said, it takes 10 minutes, max.
On the way you will pass GVA's biggest bargain - the self service coffee machine in T1 arrivals (at the Montreux Jazz shop), where you can pick up a lovely drink for 2 CH Francs (& some nice pastries from the adjacent shop). Their latte macchiatios are particularly nice  .
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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TommyJ,
Where are you going? 
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Thanks everyone. Off to Zermatt on Saturday. Finally bringing myself to believe it might happen - we all had Covid 2 weeks ago!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Bergmeister, are you ok? That coffee could be used to strip a diesel engine  although I did grab one when I used to have a late drive home
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Bergmeister, if its open the mcdonalds coffee upstairs is much nicer but the 2chf coffee serves a purpose 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Nadenoodlee, @Bergmeister, or the coffee machine in Migrios
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@TommyJ Here's my shot of the P51-Terminal area with the walking route from P51 to/from car rental desks. I think Terminal#2 is the one at the top left (with the yellow vans and cars parked outside), above the P51 rental car park. The location is actually shown on the car parking page of the GVA website, rather than the access pages.
It may be easier to walk along the top road from T2, as there's fewer crossings to negotiate, compared to going from P51. Either way, you'd enter the main terminal through the car rental/shuttle bus entrance. The GVA official site says:Terminal 2 of Genève Aéroport is accessible via the TPG buses (lines 10, 23, 28, 28, 56, 57), “Tour-de-Contrôle” stop. It is also within walking distance. From the CFF station or from Terminal 1 of Genève Aéroport, go to the arrival level, then towards “car rental”. At the exit, follow the pedestrian area for 300 metres to reach Terminal 2, located opposite parking P51. If you were heavily-laden, you could just walk across to P51, go to the car rental bus stop and get the rental shuttle bus to the terminal. The shuttle stop is pretty much where the bus icon is.
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Here's a plan of how to get from the car hire desks (left) to the GVA station platform (right). The directions are written for someone arriving at Terminal#1
There should be baggage trolleys around at the car rental desk area or outside at the shuttle bus stop.
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Just re the train from and especially back to GVA - Like anywhere, thieves target regular trains that include an airport as a destination. So just be aware and take the usual care when you're a conspicuous holiday traveller: keep your passport and valuables on you and don't leave them in overhead bags etc. Common tricks are to swap a lookalike rucksack with yours when they get off at an intermediate station; pretend to have dropped their mobile on the floor and ask for your help looking for it; drop a coat on your handbag and pick it up with the coat; etc.
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FAQ
). So although it might only be 300m from T2 to T1, it's outdoors and quite a slog with little ones/oldies and a heavy trolley in a 
