Public transportation from Geneva Airport: The city is easily reachable by train or by bus via Unireso transportation - only one single ticket is required to travel by train, tram, bus or boat in the area France-Vaud-Geneva. Arriving passengers can get from a dispenser( located before customs check), an 80-minute free ticket for 'Transports Publics Genevois', valid for buses & Trains to Geneva.
By Train: The Gare CFF Geneva Airport train station can be accessed from both Arrivals & check-in levels. Trains run at rush hour every 12 mins, and all stop at Geneva-Cornavin station at city center - a 6-minute ride - where passengers may change over to other trains, local or express for Swiss or Europe destinations.
By Bus: Five new & extra-long buses decorated in colors of main tourist destinations (Geneva, Basel, Bern, Zurich & Fribourg /Vaud) - are now located outside of the Main Terminal.
Urban buses stop every 8 to 15 minutes at the Main Terminal's check-in level, in front of or next to the train station:
- Bus 5: Aréna/Palexpo - Nations - Cornavin - Rive - Malagnou - Thônex-Vallard
- Bus 10: Balexert - Cornavin - Bel-Air - Rive
- Bus 23: Blandonnet - Lignon - Aïre - Grand-Lancy - ZIPLO
- Bux 28: Parfumerie - Vernier - Blandonnet - Aéroport - Fret - Grand-Saconnex - Nations - Jardin-Botanique
- Bus 57: Blandonnet - Hôtpial de la Tour - Meyrin
- Bus Y: Ferney - Grand-Saconnex - Aéroport - Blandonnet - CERN - Thoiry
Transdev Bus service includes three Haute-Savoie destinations: Annecy, Chamonix and St-Gervais. The one-way ticket costs 21 EUR. Its regional lines are available any day of the week:
- Transalis/ Lihsa T72 (Annecy, Cruseilles, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois) and
- T74 (Chamonix, Saint-Gervais, Cluses, Bonneville, Nangy).
By Train: The Gare CFF Geneva Airport train station can be accessed from both Arrivals & check-in levels. Trains run at rush hour every 12 mins, and all stop at Geneva-Cornavin station at city center - a 6-minute ride - where passengers may change over to other trains, local or express for Swiss or Europe destinations.
By Bus: Five new & extra-long buses decorated in colors of main tourist destinations (Geneva, Basel, Bern, Zurich & Fribourg /Vaud) - are now located outside of the Main Terminal.
Urban buses stop every 8 to 15 minutes at the Main Terminal's check-in level, in front of or next to the train station:
- Bus 5: Aréna/Palexpo - Nations - Cornavin - Rive - Malagnou - Thônex-Vallard
- Bus 10: Balexert - Cornavin - Bel-Air - Rive
- Bus 23: Blandonnet - Lignon - Aïre - Grand-Lancy - ZIPLO
- Bux 28: Parfumerie - Vernier - Blandonnet - Aéroport - Fret - Grand-Saconnex - Nations - Jardin-Botanique
- Bus 57: Blandonnet - Hôtpial de la Tour - Meyrin
- Bus Y: Ferney - Grand-Saconnex - Aéroport - Blandonnet - CERN - Thoiry
Transdev Bus service includes three Haute-Savoie destinations: Annecy, Chamonix and St-Gervais. The one-way ticket costs 21 EUR. Its regional lines are available any day of the week:
- Transalis/ Lihsa T72 (Annecy, Cruseilles, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois) and
- T74 (Chamonix, Saint-Gervais, Cluses, Bonneville, Nangy).
Tips, Help & Resources
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- Want to know the best way to get to your destination when leaving the airport? There are Grand Saconnex taxi services curbside, or you can use airport shuttle buses & vans, or you can even pick up a rental car from GVA outside baggage claim areas, perhaps as a one-way rental and drop it off in town.
- Grand Saconnex airport is equipped to handle special-needs persons, and also small medical emergencies that may arise.
- To find which baggage carousel your flight is assigned to, look up your flights' arrival status into GVA airport.
- If you have lost something while in the terminal area, please find the contact info for Geneva lost & found here.
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