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apskip:
mds1978,

You do indeed get the last laugh. Although there are several scheduled flights between Sydney and Broken Hill, most connecting in Dubbo, the actual flights taken by AR18 teams were a charter at 605am and another charter at 630am. Here is the regular schedule:
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 878   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    06:20pm -23Nov, Wed
08:20pm -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
2hr 30min
   Flight Duration : 2hr 30min       Total Trip Time: 2hr 30min    
$335
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 836   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Dubbo (DBO)    07:10pm -23Nov, Wed
08:20pm -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 10min
Connecting flight wait time 15 hours 10 minutes
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 862   SF3
More Information       Dubbo (DBO)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    11:30am -24Nov, Thu
12:45pm -24Nov, Thu    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 45min
   Flight Duration : 2hr 55min    Layover Time : 15hr 10min    Total Trip Time: 18hr 05min    
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 834   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Dubbo (DBO)    04:55pm -23Nov, Wed
06:05pm -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 10min
Connecting flight wait time 17 hours 25 minutes
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 862   SF3
More Information       Dubbo (DBO)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    11:30am -24Nov, Thu
12:45pm -24Nov, Thu    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 45min
   Flight Duration : 2hr 55min    Layover Time : 17hr 25min    Total Trip Time: 20hr 20min    
$335
[Total Incl. fees excl. taxes]
   
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 832   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Dubbo (DBO)    03:30pm -23Nov, Wed
04:40pm -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 10min
Connecting flight wait time 18 hours 50 minutes
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 862   SF3
More Information       Dubbo (DBO)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    11:30am -24Nov, Thu
12:45pm -24Nov, Thu    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 45min
   Flight Duration : 2hr 55min    Layover Time : 18hr 50min    Total Trip Time: 21hr 45min    
$335
[Total Incl. fees excl. taxes]
   
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 828   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Dubbo (DBO)    12:20pm -23Nov, Wed
01:30pm -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 10min
Connecting flight wait time 22 hours 0 minutes
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 862   SF3
More Information       Dubbo (DBO)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    11:30am -24Nov, Thu
12:45pm -24Nov, Thu    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 45min
   Flight Duration : 2hr 55min    Layover Time : 22hr 0min    Total Trip Time: 24hr 55min    
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 862   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    10:00am -23Nov, Wed
12:45pm -23Nov, Wed    1 Stop
Coach
3hr 15min
   Flight Duration : 3hr 15min       Total Trip Time: 3hr 15min    
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 824   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Dubbo (DBO)    08:20am -23Nov, Wed
09:30am -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 10min
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 862   SF3
More Information       Dubbo (DBO)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    11:30am -23Nov, Wed
12:45pm -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 45min
   Flight Duration : 2hr 55min    Layover Time : 2hr 0min    Total Trip Time: 4hr 55min    
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 822   SF3
More Information       Sydney (SYD)
Dubbo (DBO)    06:30am -23Nov, Wed
07:40am -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 10min
   
Rex - Regional Express Airlines
Flight 862   SF3
More Information       Dubbo (DBO)
Broken Hill (BHQ)    11:30am -23Nov, Wed
12:45pm -23Nov, Wed    Nonstop
Coach
1hr 45min
   Flight Duration : 2hr 55min    Layover Time : 3hr 50min    Total Trip Time: 6hr 45min

apskip:
Some research on train schedules from Hamburg to Cologne and Cologne to Brussels turns up some interesting nuggets.

From Hamburg to Cologne there is a huge hole in the schedule from 601pm until 1046pm departures. I am sure that World Race Productions planned on all teams having to wait until 1046pm. Even if they had made it to Cologne, they still would not have been getting ahead of the 644am train from Cologne to Brussels. And even if they somehow did the first task in Brussels would surely have caused a Hours of Operation delay.

The overnight travel was OK as long as teams were sleeping from Hamburg to Cologne, but then there was a 3 3/4 hour delay waiting for the train to Brussels. that ust have been uncomfortable in the middle of the night.

Chateau d If:
This is what I had dug up yesterday:

apskip:
Chateau,

I realize that my information from the dBahn website may not properly reflect trains around July 6 or 7, but let's assume they do. Here are the available trains from Cologne to Brussels-Central:

Koln Hbf   dep    06:44      1:58    
Bruxelles-Central    Tu, 29.11.11    arr    08:42
Köln Hbf
   Tu, 29.11.11    dep    07:42      1:53        ICE, IC    
Bruxelles-Central    Tu, 29.11.11    arr    09:35
Köln Hbf
   Tu, 29.11.11    dep    08:44      2:02        
Bruxelles-Central    Tu, 29.11.11    arr    10:46

Hourly trains to start arriving relatively early in the business day is what I find typical of all German rail main lines. Translated, that means I expect that your leaving out the earlier 644am train is incorrect unless you have some  way of establishing what that schedule was in early July (it is very probably the same as now).

The dBahn website also listed the change of trains in Cologne between Hamburg and Brussels to be possible with the 1046pm connecting to the 644am train.

Chateau d If:
The DB Bahn website seems reliable for dates in the past.  It tells you it's in the past when it is.  By changing the date the outcome varies according to what the schedule were then.   Here's the website (there is an English version but I couldn't find it this time):

http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml

I tried to find the 6:44 am train and it does not seem to start running until on/after November 5th.  I don't think it was available on July 6th.

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