Helsinki-Porvoo (Travel Card).

crunchy · Post by **crunchy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:28 am

Is there a travel card also valid for the bus connection Helsini-Porvoo, so that one wouldn't have to pay the app. €20 per 2way trip always and might even save a bit of money (when having to use the bus connection a lot and on a regular basis)???

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Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:31 am

Well on a cusory look the Matkahuolto doesn't have one of their city-city card options to Porvoo, but theres a card so what you should do is go to the bus station and ask... one trick I used to do was to hop on and off at itäkeskus as the coaches charged per km, but I don't know what the difference is these days.

crunchy · Post by **crunchy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:50 am

Woah, instant answer. Thank you!

Mhm alright, gotta go there ask about it then. But I fear, being without a car, living in Porvoo doesn't seem to be a very cheap thing for a "Helsinki person" then. Damn, damn.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:06 am

I used to live in Porvoo - do they still drive up for cruising with tractors?

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:11 am

crunchy wrote:Woah, instant answer. Thank you!
Mhm alright, gotta go there ask about it then. But I fear, being without a car, living in Porvoo doesn't seem to be a very cheap thing for a "Helsinki person" then. Damn, damn.

Driving into HEL from Porvoo WITH a car isn't very cheap either. Petrol is over 1,50€ per litre and Porvoo is a long way out. Then you'd have to park somewhere, not cheap.

crunchy · Post by **crunchy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:16 am

Well, I don't own a driver's license anyways. So even if I had a car.. but yeah, you're right with that! Traveling in general's gotten quite expensive.

I was just wondering, as there are those "monthly tickets" for the Helsinki area and alike, if there might be something of that kind going as far as to Porvoo even.. .

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:27 am

Isn't there some kind of hitch-hike on-line commuter service in Helsinki??? I'm sure plenty of driving commuters would be interested in sharing petrol costs with a passenger or two? I've heard those sites exist in Paris (and probably many other cities too). Hank?

crunchy · Post by **crunchy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:41 pm

Ah that's a great idea, Penelope!

We have a lot of those websites here in Germany as well, I bet there are plenty also in Finland. Would be great to know more about it!!

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:59 pm

Oh, those kinds of websites...
Vanha setä antaa nuorille tytöille mielellään kovaa kyytiä.

crunchy · Post by **crunchy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:13 pm

Hank W. wrote:Oh, those kinds of websites...
Vanha setä antaa nuorille tytöille mielellään kovaa kyytiä.

You naughty man!

jhnn · Post by **jhnn** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:24 pm

Do A google search with 'kimppakyyti'. That should give you a couple of possible websites.

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