We nearly missed this flight when the airport bus was having technical issue, made a detour, hopped onto another bus before we were safely rushed to the airport. I MUST say, Norway's public transportation is very particular about being on schedule and their passengers' safety!
We we detoured, safely, to a waiting spot and within a couple of minutes, our safe bus arrived. The faulty bus, with all our luggage, were driven by and carrying 3 other technicians to followed our safe bus to the airport. This, perhaps, was an arrangement to reduced the time wasting on transferring a full passenger load's luggage from one bus to another, while keeping the passengers' safety as a priority and getting us on time to the airport for the flight! Marvelous!
Everyone of us got there in time; albeit a little later than expected. We did a swift automated (self)check-in at the kiosk, check-in our cargo luggage without a fuss and went through the custom checkpoint. We got to our designated gate 5 minutes before it was opened for boarding! Stockholm, here we come!
Once our flight touched down in Stockholm, we headed for the kiosk near the elevator to purchase our tickets with Arlanda Express (a direct train from airport to Stockholm S). Do note that we did not see any manned counter here for ticket purchase. You need to purchase the ticket from the automated kiosk using credit cards. Also note that your credit card MUST have its PIN CODE activated in order to use this machine for purchase. If not, like us and a few other passengers there, asked other kind locals there to help with the purchase using their cash/credit card. You can purchase the ticket from a manned counter using cash at Stockholm S during return.
We managed to get the tickets on a promotional package - one way ticket for 2 pax at SEK 280! Trust me, this is dirt cheap, and the fastest, for two passengers ride to town compared to other ways available.
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| Pic from flybussen.no |
