Geneva to Verbier transfer

I am going to Verbier for a long weekend in January. Can anyone comment on
the relative merits of train/bus versus car hire for this particular
journey?

Mark

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:32:03 +0000 (UTC), "Mark Wilkins"
wrote:

I am going to Verbier for a long weekend in January. Can anyone comment on
the relative merits of train/bus versus car hire for this particular
journey?


Clarkson's whizz up the mountain by Ferrari looked to be more fun than
the pair using the train and bus from the airport on last night's Top
gear programme.

Just a question of money I suppose

ernest

C.O.Jones wrote:
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:32:03 +0000 (UTC), "Mark Wilkins"
wrote:


I am going to Verbier for a long weekend in January. Can anyone comment on
the relative merits of train/bus versus car hire for this particular
journey?



Clarkson's whizz up the mountain by Ferrari looked to be more fun than
the pair using the train and bus from the airport on last night's Top
gear programme.

Just a question of money I suppose

Yep, he got there from Guildford 2 minutes quicker than by public
transport, so it doesn't quite justify the 6 figure price tag...

Mark didn't say where he was travelling from, so it's hard to give a
solid recommendation, but assuming you are flying into Geneva then rail
+ post bus is a possibility - not all that quick though (check the times
at www.sbb.ch). If you want to get there quicker then car hire or a taxi
transfer. For Verbier I think car hire will be cheaper ( *about* £100
for a group B for a long weekend ISTR).

I am going to Verbier for a long weekend in January. Can anyone comment
on
the relative merits of train/bus versus car hire for this particular
journey?

Went to Verbier last year via a mates house in Lausanne. Took just under an
hour by train from Geneva to Lausanne, then took about 2 hours from Lausanne
to Verbier. This was Via 2 trains and then a gondola from Martigny but no
bus. The gondola was included in the ski pass.
HTH

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On 2004-12-20 11:32:03 -0800, "Mark Wilkins" said:

I am going to Verbier for a long weekend in January. Can anyone comment on
the relative merits of train/bus versus car hire for this particular
journey?

I went from Geneva to Verbier by train/bus in early April last season
and had no problems. The train from Martigny to le Chable is pretty slow,
but it's schedules shared the normal reliability of Swiss transport. The
postbus to Verbier met the train, and worked fine. Once in Verbier the
local bus to Medran was reasonably frequent. It ended pretty early, not
really useful for dinners, though I found Verbier small enough to walk
around when not wearing stiff plastic boots. Your...mileage...may vary, of
course.

I was staying 6 days - renting a car just to park it for 6 days seemed silly
to me. A long weekend would presumably be less expensive. If you plan
to travel elsewhere during the time you'd probably want the car, otherwise
it seems like a bother.


Tom.