AR14 Timeline(revised 3/16):
all changes are focused on legs 4, 5 and 6
Oct. 31 leg 1 depart U.S. for Locarno, Switzerland via Frankfurt and Zurich or via Milan:
LAX to Milan-Malpensa(MXP) as follows: AF75 LAX CDG 1600 0930+1, connecting with AF4806 CDG MXP 1125+1 1305+1
Here are the schedules in the same time frame:
take taxi to Chiasso, the first train station in Switzerland. Schedules to Locarno would be:
depart Chiasso 1500 arrive Locarno 1613
depart Chiasso 1533 arrive Locarno 1657
depart Chiasso 1603 arrive Locarno 1727
From LAX to Zurich via Frankfurt we have the interesting combination:
LH457 LAX FRA 1535 1025+1 connecting with LH3726 FRA ZRH 1200 1255
There are 10 nonstop flights on Saturday between Frankfurt and Zurich, so if any are delayed there are alternatives.
The train schedule from Zurich to Bellinzona to Locarno indicates that 3 1/4 hours is required. Here it is:
de.Zurich 1402 arrive Arth-Goldau 1446 dep. 1448 arr. Bellinzona 1623 dep. 1630 arrive Locarno 1657
Nov. 1 arrive mid-morning in Europe and reach Locarn late afternoon afternoon; then sign up for 0715, 0730 or 0745am departures; then sleep overnight;
Nov. 2 Verzasca Dam bungee jump then Locarno to Domodossola to Spiez to Interlaken by train;
schedule for a leading team:
dep. Locarno 0903 arr. Bellinzona 0927
dep. Bellnizona 0936 arr. Lucerne 1141 via the St. Gotthard Tunnel
dep. Lucerne 1155 arr. Interlaken Ost 1355
this is nearly a 5 hour trip;
schedule for good train (taken by Brad/Victoria and lagging teams get there in time to take it):
dep. Locarno 1042 arr. Domodossola 1230
dep. Domodossola 1248 arr. Spiez 1353
dep. Spiez 1403 arr. Interlaken West 1423
total trip is 4 hours train;
other teams go earlier and get there slightly earlier(except for Christie/Jodi who get a circuitous route 1 1/4 hours hours earlier but arrive later or teams that are behind Brad/Victoria);
Interlaken tasks;
Interlaken area (Stechelberg) pit stop
Nov. 3 leg 2 Interlaken by tasi directl to Zurich airport, then plane to Salzburg:
From Interlaken to Munich, the early morning Monday(as in Nov.3) flights are:
LX1100 ZRH MUC 0710 0815
LX3616 ZRH MUC 0845 0945
then self-drive less than an hour to Ruhpolding
Tasks in Raushberg near Ruhpolding parasailing, 25 mile drive to Schnoau am Kongisee for tasks, then
Evening Extedned 18 hour Pit stop in Salzburg at Schloss Hellbrunn
Nov. 4 begin leg 3;
Salzburg to Bucharest starts with driving to Alzburg rail station, getting on a train to Munich and switching there to an airport train. The schedules from Salzburg all the way to MUchich Flughafen (on average once per hour) are:
1103 1317
1152 1417
1303 1526
1314 1537
1352 1557
1441 1657
1552 1757
1617 1827
Flight choices depend on arrival at Munich Airport. Tammy/Victor initially get LH3480 1525 1825 but then it comes back with a mechanical problem.
RO312 1645 1945 is taken by 3 teams.
LH3424 2130 0025+1 is taken by everyone else except Brad/Victoria
Brad/Victoria attempt to get 15 minutes ahead of the alst group by going MUC AMS and AMS OTP but delays on the flight into Amsterdam doom them to not departing until the KLM nonstop the next morning and not arriving into Bucharest until after 1pm.
Nov. 5 arrival in Bucharest after midnight; transfer to train to get to Brasov
morning train departures: Bucharest Nord 2358 arr. Brasov 0246 or dep. 0630 0922 or dep. 0730 1019 or dep. 0616 1051(note: nobody would want this) or 0830 1124 or 0942 1254 or 1130 1404
tasks in Brasov and nearby Transylvania
extended pit stop in Transylvania (includes Brasov)
Nov. 7 leg 4 leave Transylvania for Krasnojarsk, Siberia
return to Bucharest, then choice of:
TK1444 OTP IST RO261 0825 0955 connecting in Istanbul to SU208 SVO 1255 1705
OTP SOFIA RO293 0820 0920, connecting to SOF SVO SU162 1240 1630
OTP FRA LH3417 0610 0750 or RO321 0910 1050, either connecting to SU106 FRA SVO 1405 1910
OTP MUC LH3425 0700 0810, connecting to SU122 MUC SVO 1310 1825
OTP IST RO261 0825 0955. connecting to TK1415 IST SVO 1335 1740,
connecting at Moscow-Sheremetyevo to SU779 SVO KJA 2055 0540+1 OR
SU781 0045+1 0910+1
Nov. 8 do tasks
pit stop
Nov. 9
leg 5 begins allowing teams to board TransSiberian Express in late afternoon
Here is the schedule from Krasnojarsk to Novosibirsk on a weekday:
Dep.Kr Arr.No Duration
00:57 14:09 13:12
02:01 17:27 15:26
04:10 16:01 11:51
05:59 20:06 14:07
06:52 18:51 11:59
07:18 22:52 15:34
08:05 21:24 13:19
10:09 23:55 13:46
10:36 23:12 12:36
11:16 00:58 13:42
12:36 01:12 12:36
13:51 02:24 12:33
14:37 04:19 13:42
15:27 04:33 13:06
18:26 06:47 12:21
23:36 12:38 13:02
I have no idea why teams had to wait for the non-listed 2228 train, which would arrive Nov. 10 around 1130.
Nov. 10 TransSiberian Express arrival in Novosibirsk
tasks in Novosibirsk, Siberia
pit stop (about 50/50 to be Extended 36 Hour variety)
Nov. 11 or 12 leg 6 begins
flights Novosibirsk to Jaipur:
if on Nov. 12,
SU810 OVB SVO 0700 0815
KC872 SVO ALA 0920 1645
KC907 ALA Delhi DEL 1805 2115;
if on Nov. 11,
S7865 OVB DXB 0800 1145
EK514 DXB DEL 1540 2015;
overnight at Delhi Airport
Nov. 13 or 14
There are 5 nonstop flights from Delhi to Jaipur on Wednesdays or Thursdays (Nov. 12 or 13). They are:
9W709 0545 0630
AI9896/IC896 0605 0645
IC7809 0700 0755
IT611 0930 1010
IT 2302 1930 2030
tasks in Jaipur area
pit stop (Extended if it was not so in Novosibirsk)
Nov. 14 leg 7 Fly Jaipur to Phuket
From Jaipur to Phuket late on Fridays with enough flex to accommodate teams laging far behind:
IC612 JAI BOM 0735 0910 connecting TG340 BOM BKK 1230 1815 connecting TG227 BKK HKT 1915 2035
IT612 JAI DEL 1950 2030 connecting SQ407 DEL SIN 2315 0715+1 connecting SQ5052 SIN HKT 0850+1 0935+1
IT2301 JAI DEL 0550 0650 connecting TG324 DEL BKK 1155 1725 connecting to TG223 BKK HKT 1820 1940
9W372 JAI BOM 2040 2220 connecting 9W062 BOM BKK 0155+1 0740+1 connecting PG924 BKK HKT 1145+1 1305+1
IT3128 JAI BOM 1415 1600 connecting AI442 BOM SIN 0010+1 0750+1 connecting MI752 SIN HKT 0850+1 0935+1
Nov. 15 see above
Phhuket area tasks
pit stop
Nov. 16 leg 8 fly from Phuket to Bangkok
Choices for flights are: TG226 0725 0850, TG1204 0935 1100, PG272 1025 1145, TG1206 1235 1400, TG1214 1355 1520, PPG 276 1350 1510
tasks in Bangkok area
Extended pit stop
Nov. 18 leg 9 fly from Bangkok to to Guilin
Shenzen Air 9669 BKK CAN 2110 2225. The viable CAN KWL flights are TG668 0950 1330 and MS958 1310 1655.
tasks in Guilin area
Nov. 19 leg 10 Guilin to Beijing flight choices:
CZ3281 0900 1125
CA6312 1145 1435
CZ3287 1710 1950
CA1226 2105 0015
then tasks in Beijing and start TBC or NEL
extended pit stop (note: this may also be one later later after next leg)
Nov. 20
pitstop continues
Nov. 21
leg 11 starts
tasks
pitstop
Nov. 22
leg 12 return from Beijing to U.S. for Finish Line in Hawaii via Tokyo
PEK NRT on Air China has several choices:
CA6651/NH956 0845 1305
CA925 0930 1350
CA167 1350 1750
Continuing on from Tokyo-Narita to Honolulu (NRT to HNL), there are 9 choices with departures between 645pm and 10pm. With the 6 hours 45 minute flying team and 5 hour time difference, these flights arrive HNL 0630 to 0950. The most logical choice to me would be UA880 NRT HNL 1925 0710+1. All these are same day due to crossing the International Date Line.
Finish Line on Maui, so teams will take a 36 or 37 minute flight Honolulu to Kahului. There is at least one every hour from 5am to 9pm and several in some hours.
tasks
Finish Line
Note: this is a 22 day race.