A la suite de plusieurs questions posées en MP et d'un article dans la presse locale, voici un résumé de la situation pour les cas les plus fréquents :
Plusieurs types d'appareils pour acheter les billets de bus aux arrêts, certains rendent la monnaie, d'autres pas. Les chauffeurs de bus ne vendent pas de billets à l'intérieur du bus en centre ville. Les appareils ne sont pas évidents à utiliser la première fois, il vaut mieux demander à quelqu'un à l'arrêt de vous aider si c'est possible.
On peut payer soit avec des pièces de monnaie (francs suisses ou euros) soit à l'aide de cartes achetées au préalable à la boutique TPG de la Gare Cornavin ou dans les kiosques à journaux. Des cartes à 10, 20, 30 ou 50 frs. Il y a peu, par ex., une carte achetée 50 fr. était en réalité chargée de fr. 55.--, ceci est terminé, elle est maintenant chargée de 50 fr.--.
Donc, comme avantage à acheter l'une de ces cartes :
- s'il ne reste que 10 ct dessus, on peut encore acheter un billet à 3 fr. avec par ex.
en ne payant que 10 ct.
- cela évite de chercher la monnaie exacte pour acheter un billet
- si l'on cumule 200 fr. de cartes terminées, on peut en obtenir une nouvelle de fr. 20.-
à la boutique TPG de la gare (pour les touristes de passage, pensez à donner vos
cartes usagées aux personnes du coin)
Aux appareils susmentionnés, achats de plusieurs sortes de billets possibles :
- 1 ticket à fr. 3.-- (2 euros), pour 1 h. de bus (changement de bus possible en route).
- 1 ticket à fr. 2.-- pour 3 arrêts maximum sur 30 minutes
- dès 9 h. le matin, carte journalière à fr. 7.--
- avant 9 h, carte journalière à fr. 10.--
le week-end (samedi et dimanche), achat d'une carte journalière à fr. 10.-- le samedi.
Cette carte est valable pour 2 personnes voyageant ensemble pour tout le week-end.
Ce n'est pas marqué sur l'appareil, mais uniquement sur le ticket délivré ! Donc, 10 fr.
pour les 2 personnes en tout pour tout le week-end.
Pour les prix des trajets en dehors du centre ville, les horaires et trajets des lignes, ou les autres problèmes, voir le site des TPG, www.tpg.ch.
Les 4 lignes de "mouettes" (bateaux effectuant des traverversés du lac) font partie des Transports Publics Genevois et sont donc accessibles avec les mêmes billets que ceux pour les bus. Il est donc possible de prendre un bus, puis une mouette et continuer avec un bus en utilisant le même billet valable une heure.
Avec un billet à la journée, il est également possible de prendre les trains (sur le canton). Possibilité donc d'aller à l'aéroport.
L'existence de 2 types de distributeurs de billets des transport s'explique par le fait que ceux qui rendent la monnaie remplacent peu à peu les anciens qui ne la rendaient pas.
Philippe
Si tu pleures parce que tu as perdu le soleil, tes larmes t'empêcheront de voir les étoiles
Un complément du Journal GHI pour la ligne de bus no 1 :
ligNE 1
Genève côté ville…
Par Charles-André Aymon, 19 août 2010
La Tour de l'île, dernier relief du château du 13e siècle qui se dressait à Bel-Air.DR
Choisir le 1, c'est faire le tour des quartiers enserrant la Rade, des Pâquis à Rive, de Plainpalais à Champel. Mais choisir le 1, c'est d'abord être joueur, car à la roulette bus vous tirerez un véhicule climatisé de dernière génération ou un autobus orange hors d'âge et bringuebalant.
Tout commence en tête de ligne, arrêt Jardin Botanique . Plongez dans ce parc différent de tous les autres espaces verts de la Ville. Ici, les jardiniers réussissent à grands frais à reproduire les paysages naturels; un raccourci saisissant du Genevois moyen, diront les mauvaises langues.
Bel-Air
Après avoir vu le Jet d'eau une première fois, en longeant le parc de la Perle du Lac, le 1 traverse les Pâquis comme un vrai Pâquisard: snobant les palaces du bord de la Rade et faisant de l'œil à la chaude ambiance méditerranéenne des lieux. Cornavin et Monthoux dépassés, on replonge vers l'eau pour un stop à l' arrêt Bel-Air . Le Jet d'eau reparaît, posé dans la perspective du pont de la Machine et de l'île Rousseau. Les plus pragmatiques - moins amateurs de carte postale - arpenteront, à deux pas, le quartier des banques et ses discrétissimes établissements lovés autour de la rue de Hollande.
Calas
Plainpalais et les mornes alentours de l'Hôpital cantonal dépassés, le 1 monte à Champel. A l' arrêt Calas , règnent le sexagénaire hâlé en polo Ralph Lauren et la blonde entre deux âges aux lunettes de soleil griffées. Le calme est roi et s'arrêter, c'est prendre le risque de douter d'être en vie. On descendra plutôt l'avenue de Champel jusqu'à la tour médiévale. Cette fausse ruine à l'atmosphère authentiquement romantique constitue le dernier vestige de Champel-les-Bains, station de cure de la fin du 19e. L'hôtel Beau-Séjour - où on venait prendre les eaux dans le courant glacial de l'Arve - l'avait construite pour y aménager son salon de thé.
Rive
Départ du Jardin Botanique, au fond de la rue de Lausanne.DR
Au lieu de remonter dans le bus on traversera Champel, un œil sur les hôtels particuliers, un autre sur les immeubles Art nouveau. On replongera ensuite sur la Rade en faisant un petit crochet par le Muséum d'histoire naturelle et son parc aux sculptures animalières. A l'arrêt terrassière, on descendra faire le tour de La Clarté (rue Saint-Laurent 2-4). L'immeuble d'habitation, signé Le Corbusier, a été entièrement rénové dans son état original de 1932. Enfin, arrêt Rive et fin de la balade. En face, de l'autre côté de la Rade, notre point de départ. Le terminus est toutefois beaucoup moins botanique. Au cœur des rues commerçantes les plus prestigieuses, une autre sorte de découverte débute, le lèche-vitrines.
Dominant Carouge, la tour de Champel se dresse au milieu d'un parc arboré.DR
Grands changements dans les numéros et les trajets des bus dès le 11 décembre 2011, voir le site des TPG pour les détails.
La mue est historique. En plus de radicalement modifier la structure de tramways - ne subsisteront que les lignes 12, 14 et 15 -, les TPG vont chambouler une quinzaine d’itinéraires d’autobus et de trolleybus.
Cette adaptation commence par le tracé du 2 et du 19 - modifié dans le quartier de la Jonction - qui ne passera plus par Bernex, mais desservira la cité d’Onex à la place du10, dont le terminus sera dorénavant Rive.
Les lignes 3 et 7 permutent. Au lendemain de l’inauguration du TCOB (tram Cornavin-Onex-Bernex), le 10 décembre, la première passera sur le pont du Mont-Blanc (dans les deux sens!), l’autre par celui de Bel-Air.
Le 5 change quant à lui complètement d’itinéraire, et part de Thônex pour aller à Rive au lieu de relier l’Hôpital à l’Aéroport.
Par conséquent, le 27 disparaît, et la ligne 9 reprend son tracé de Cornavin au Lignon.
Le 20, lui aussi, est supprimé. C’est le 21 qui reprend son itinéraire de Louis-Hubert à Cressy.
Le terminus du 1 n’est plus Rive. La ligne sera prolongée jusqu’au Petit-Bel-Air (commune de Chêne-Bourg). Attention: depuis Plainpalais, le bus remontera directement sur Cornavin, sans passer par la Jonction.
Les TPG créent aussi la navette 47 pour desservir Bernex et assurer une correspondance avec les lignes 42, K et S. Au total, une quinzaine de trajets vont ainsi être réadaptés.
Le K et le L traverseront désormais le village de Bernex, compensant ainsi la suppression des trolleybus dans cette zone.
Pour finir, le tracé de la ligne S sera modifié de sorte que les véhicules remplacent le L entre Sézenove Lully et Confignon.
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