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Comment by adhvaryu | Hacker News Reader

I went digging out of curiosity, and it seems you are correct. According to this article [1], around 80 of the top 100 airports have rapid transit connections.

[1] https://www.ptua.org.au/2015/10/29/busiest-airports-rail/

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Melbourne’s airport is very annoying when compared to Sydney. To get to the CBD you have to go and stand outside to wait for a bus that comes every ~15 minutes and takes half an hour to get there (or pay an exorbitant price for a taxi or Uber), whereas in Sydney you’ve got a direct train that gets to the city in 15 minutes.

It's been a while since I caught the train to or from Sydney airport but, in true Sydney fashion, it's privatised and costs an absolute fortune. From memory it costs more than Melbourne's SkyBus.

Just checked, $17.00! ($11USD)

In Australia that's not cheap :)

And it's a bit stupid because the stations before and after the airport are the normal cheap price.

Yep, it’s an international embarrassment

I am flying (in Europe) very often, almost once a month, and I very rarely use a taxi. Most of the time public transport gets me to the center faster, more convenient, and cheaper (even though price is not the priority - I often travel for work and can expense it).

Even in the US, there are increasingly transit options. Oddly enough, there are sorta options in NYC but they aren't the greatest.

What do you mean, you don't love taking the airtrain to the bus to the subway to your destination?

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