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AR21 Transportation
apskip:
I can go with the flow when I found out that the date assumptions made earlier for the nonstop AMS PMI were not applicable and no nonstops existed yesterday or today. No problem!
Here are the flights teams could have taken AMS BCN on 12 June:
HV5181 0617 0820 Nadiya/Nadine
VY8318 0723 0930 Jaymes/James
KL1065 0754 1009 Trey/Lexi
HV5135 0951 1200 Josh/Brent
plus several more
The ferry schedules Barcelona Palma are crystal clear:
one ferry per day on Balearia 2300 0630+1
one ferry per day on Acciona 2300 0700+1
The teams were shown actually sailing on the Balearia ferry.
apskip:
There are approximately hourly flights from Palma de Mallorca back to Barcelona.
Teams may have the option of taking these ferries, which are tight on arrival versus train departure:
Balearia 1230 1945
Acciona 1200 1930
Talgo train departure is from Barcelona-Eastacio de Franca at 2043 and arrives Orleans 0716 (note - there is no need to go to Paris since you would just turn around and come back). The smart thing to do (remember AR1) is to get off in Orleans, which is a much shorter distance from Tours than Paris is. The earliest train from Orleans to Tours is 0740 arriving 0856. Tours is the center of the Loire chateau region.
Chateau Chenonceau is approximately a half hour TER train ride from Tours, but the distance is short enough that taxis could be used.
apskip:
I have been working with the current SNCF train schedules and I found only these 2 direct trains between Tours and Chenonceux:
1400 1424
1445 1518
I have no access to older summer SNCF schedules. There may be a plethora of trains in the tourist season and that would have provided many morning alternatives for AR21 teams arriving on June 14. this information does increase the probability that teams took taxis to get around the Loire Valley.
apskip:
The flight that was taken by the final 3 AR21 teams was AR22 CDG JFK 0820 0957.
The individuals who on this thread on either June 15 or June 16 mentioned AF22 were me, Xarles, dpe and Dr. Rox. There was a reference to earlier postings postulating about this flight, but they are not on this thread so I could not locate them.
Note: I have corrected an error due to Dr. Rox' comment below.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: apskip on December 10, 2012, 12:51:20 PM ---The flight that was taken by the final 3 AR21 teams was AR22 CDG JFK 0820 0957.
The individuals who on this thread on either June 15 or June 16 mentioned AR22 were me, Xarles, dpe and Dr. Rox. There was a reference to earlier postings postulating about this flight, but they are not on this thread so I could not locate them.
--- End quote ---
I think you mistyped the flight code.........it was AF 22....not AR22.
I checked current train schedules and there is not a middle of the night train from Tours (St Pierre des Corps) to CDG, so I suspect that the taxis took them all the way to CDG. It is about a 3 hour drive and 180 miles.
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