kappa1

In this case you you can forget about Lake Geneva or Le Rhône River. They are continuation of the same water. Rather only think about the right bank and the left bank. And you can say, Cross the Lake Geneva on the Mont Blanc Bridge to get to the Old Town. You can also say, Cross the Rhône River on the Pont de la Machine Bridge to reach the Old Town.

kja

Thanks for responding, kappa1.

For those of us who don’t live in Geneva, figuring out how to get from place to place can rest on understanding Geneva’s waterways and their names. Thinking one must keep walking until one crosses a lake is a very different thing than thinking one must keep walking until one has crossed a river.

So yes, let us agree to be accurate: To get from Gare Cornavin to Geneva’s Old Town, cross the Rhone (which is a river, not a lake).

It seems that you agree that I was not mistaken? I’d actually like to have you say that explicitly, because I was <b>extremely</b> distressed by your claim that I was “completely mistaken" and that I gave "wrong info" -- information that you now acknowledge was, in fact, correct.

Thank you for ensuring that I did, in fact, provide accurate information.

Cowboy1968

Have you been that "distressed" that you triangled kappa's post?

neckervd

According to the official Swiss map, the Lake ends just after Pont du Mont Blanc.
Jardin Anglais and Molard are along the Lake, Fusterie and Bel-Air are along the river.
But Geneva people don't worry about that; for them, there exists only Rive Gauche and Rive Droite, from Parc de Mon Repos and Parc des Eaux Vivees up to St-Jean (or even la Jonction).

neckervd

WORKS BETWEEN CORNAVIN AND AIRPORT: EARLY MORNING TRAINS NOT AFFECTED

Press release of Swiss Federal Railways:


InterRegio/InterCity Geneva–Geneva Airport.

The InterRegio trains Lucerne–Bern–Geneva Airport are cancelled between Geneva and Geneva Airport. In order to get to Geneva Airport, you will need to change trains in Geneva. The same applies to trains in the opposite direction.

The InterCity trains St Gallen–Zurich–Bern–Geneva Airport are cancelled between Geneva and Geneva Airport. In order to get to Geneva Airport, you will need to change trains in Geneva. The same applies to trains in the opposite direction.

The remaining trains run according to the regular timetable between Geneva and Geneva Airport.

The SBB Online Timetable has been updated accordingly.

neckervd

.... and all works will end on December 13th

Pvoyageuse

And when they take the shuttle boat, they say they cross the lake : "Les mouettes Genevoises Navigation: www.mouettesgenevoises.ch Les mouettes genevoises sont à votre disposition pour traverser le lac. Vous pouvez les prendre avec votre Geneva Transport Card, ils font partie des transports publics."

Cowboy1968

Merci vielmals, neckerVD

neckervd

Gaern gscheh, de rien, prego, plaschair

kappa1

> To get from Gare Cornavin to Geneva’s Old Town, cross the Rhone (which is a river, not a lake).

You seem to make things too complicated but anyway, I wrote, "Cross the Lake Geneva on the Mont Blanc Bridge to get to the Old Town". I did not say "Lake" Rhône.

> I thought the Gare Cornavin on the same side of the LAKE as Geneva's Old Town
This is the line by you that made me say you are mistaken. If you still think this is correct, you are absolutely mistaken. Or maybe you undertand better now ;-)

> According to the official Swiss map, the Lake ends just after Pont du Mont Blanc.
That's what I think as well. Mont Blanc Bridge is the only bridge on the Lake. All the others are over the Rhône river.
( Place Molard is by the Rhône like Fusterie but that's another detail. )

kappa1

I knew neckervd would come back with sbb infos regarding the trains Geneva and Airport ! Thanks.

Roger1x

I was in Geneva a couple of months ago and have checked my photos that I took while there. It looks to me that the body of water between where Old Town is located and where the Cornavin train station is is a lake. It is true that you can also walk between the two by crossing a bridge over the Rhone rather than the Mont Blanc Bridge over the lake.

In any case, it seems everyone but Dukey agrees that they are on opposite sides of the River.