How it works
Three things happen, and only one of them involves you.
A commute is the most predictable trip you take all week. It shouldn't need a decision every morning, and it shouldn't cost you as though it were a surprise.
You set your week
Where you leave from, where you're going, and when you need to be there. Change it whenever your shift changes — up to four hours before any single trip.
We fill the vehicle
People going the same way at the same time get grouped onto one run, and a driver is assigned the night before. Usually the same faces week after week.
You get a seat and a PIN
Your driver, plate and pickup time arrive the evening before. Give the PIN when you board — that's the only time money moves.
What actually lands on your phone, and when.
- SundayYou set the weekPickup point, drop-off, and the times you need to be there. Five minutes, and it carries over to next week unless you change it.
- Sunday nightWe build the runsRydlnk groups people within about 1.5 miles of each other heading the same way at the same time, and works out how many vehicles each departure needs.
- Every eveningYou get tomorrowDriver, plate, pickup time and your seat cost. Confirm, decline, or ignore it — ignoring it means you're riding.
- 4 hours beforeThe run locksThe vehicle is committed. You can still travel; you just can't get the seat back if you don't.
- At the vehicleYou give the PINThat's the only moment money moves. No PIN, no charge, nothing to dispute afterwards.
You give up spontaneity. That's the deal.
A seat is a third of the price of a vehicle because the run was already happening. That only holds if the run is predictable, which means departures are on a timetable and pickups are at a point rather than at your gate.
If your week is genuinely different every day, Rydlnk will annoy you. If you leave at roughly the same time most days — which is most people with a job — it's the cheapest way to make that trip.