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AR18 Transportation Primary Options
apskip:
Neobie:
I have been looking at more detail into the routes from Vaduz that end up in Zermatt. I believe you are not quite correct in your statement that through Buchs it is necessary to go to Zurich (possibly with Sargans in between and Bern after Zurich). Eventually all trains have to go to Brig and then Visp to reach Zermatt. I found one out of 4 routes goes direct from Buchs to Zurich and you then change there to reach Visp. It doesn't seem to save time, but is more direct.
The Chur routes go to Zurich, some changing again at Bern and to to Visp.
Neobie:
Hi Apskip, in my above analysis I only described the journey made by LaKisha/Jennifer, who were seen on a train that was going from Chur to Zurich. As you said, there are direct trains from Buchs to Zurich, so the sisters, if they had started their journey at Buchs, would not be on the train they were on. They must have started riding the train at Sargans.
IR 1776 from Sargans to Zurich, 1239-1348 (LaKisha/Jennifer seen on this train)
IC 826 from Zurich to Visp, 1402-1602
R 249 from Visp to Zermatt, 1625-1734
If they had started at Buchs (false theoretical scenarios):
RJ 364 from Buchs to Zurich, 1212-1320
IC 826 from Zurich to Visp, 1402-1602...
or
R 7955 from Buchs to Sargans, 1310-1325
IC 576 from Sargans to Zurich, 1328-1423
IC 828 from Zurich to Visp, 1502-1702...
It is unsure whether other teams would start from Sargans or Buchs, but if TPTB likes to keep teams close together they may have arranged for everyone to start at Sargans, either by explicit instruction, or by having the moped drop-off be at Sargans.
apskip:
Dec. 3 or 4
Teams had the opportunity based on using the airport Kingfisher Airways booking service to take any flight from about 5pm on, yet all except maybe Nate/Herb and Jet/Cord waited for the late Kingfisher flight. Why? I bet it's was due to other flights being unavailable or to being steered to IT604 2038 2352 CCU DEL. Those same booking agents put those teams plus Nate/Herb on the first flight (which happened to be IT608 0909 1120 Kingfisher DEL VNS.
DrRox:
Teams flew from Kolkata to Varanasi on Dec 2/3.....not Dec 3/4. Peach has said that teams were directed to a hotel on arrival in Delhi to spend the night. We do know that TPTB require all teams to book in Y-Class. Teams could book on one airline at ticketing and then find an earlier flight and change, much as Mirna/Charla did in TAR11. I do not see any of these racers just sitting around the airport in Kolkata till late at night waiting on that Kinfisher 604 except Flight Time and Big Easy. Since they left the Pit Stop so much later than any of the other teams. Kisha/Jen were the last of the top 6 teams to leave the Pit Stop and they left at about 1413 if I remember correctly.
Jet/Cord booked with Jet Airways and we know from spoiler report that they were inside security at 1510 on Dec 2. That gives them the possibility of three Jet Airways flights to Delhi from Kolkata:
9W 7096 1520-1800
9W 913 1725-1935
9W 2283 1945-2200
We have no clue as to which one they flew on
From Delhi to Varanasi:
9W 723 1030-1145
The other 6 teams booked with Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher's one flight that night from Kolkata to Delhi was:
IT 604 2122-2348
On Dec 3 Delhi to Varanasi:
IT 231 0930-1045
Aside from the 3 Jet Airways flights and the 1 Kingfisher flight, there were 7 other flights on various airlines from Kolkata to Delhi, after the 1510 spoiler sighting of the racers in the Kolkata airport on Dec 2, 2110.
I know if it was me, I would have been going between gates trying to get to Delhi as soon as I could. The sooner I got to Delhi, the more time I would have to rest in a hotel room, in stead of sitting around an airport departure lounge. Also sitting around waiting for that one flight could increase delays incase there was some kind of problem with the plane. This seems like a good set of questions for teams, if any of them get to TARcon.
Neobie:
Since LaKisha/Jennifer made it onto a train that leaves Sargans, Switzerland at 12.39pm, they must have arrived in Feldkirch, Austria (and by extension, left Salzburg) pretty early. Here are the options by train from Salzburg to Feldkirch:
0602-0946
0653-1110 (last possible train for LaKisha/Jennifer)
0802-1146
1002-1349
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