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AMAZING RACE 38 => Amazing Race 38 => Topic started by: Xoruz on March 09, 2025, 01:05:26 PM

Title: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Xoruz on March 09, 2025, 01:05:26 PM
For all transportation related information.
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Xoruz on March 09, 2025, 01:05:40 PM
March 16: DAL2399 LAX-DTW 0554-1304 (https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL2399/history/20250316/1310Z/KLAX/KDTW) & DAL132 DTW-AMS 1705-0550+1 (https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL132/history/20250316/2120Z/KDTW/EHAM)
March 18: Amsterdam Centraal-Prague Main Station (https://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,38723.msg1340814.html#msg1340814)
March 22: IC 577 Prague Main Station-Budapest-Nyugati 22:01-08:29+1 (https://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,38722.msg1337581.html#msg1337581) or RJ 375 Prague-Vienna 1842-2249, REX 6 Vienna-Sopron, 2323-0037+1, R 9919 Sopron-Györ 0345-0459 & R 4989 Györ-Budapest-Déli 0536-0728 (https://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,38723.msg1341001.html#msg1341001)
March 24: KJL2909 BUD-DVK 11:00-12:11 (https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/KLJ2909/history/20250324/1002Z/LHBP/LDDU)
March 29: SPU-OTP
April 3: AEE961 OTP-ATH 0955-1134 (https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AEE961/history/20250403/0705Z/LROP/LGAV)
April 5: AEE660 ATH-MXP 0750-0901 (https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AEE660/history/20250405/0450Z/LGAV/LIMC)
April 7: AFR1131 MXP-CDG 0654-0824 (https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AFR1131/history/20250407/0500Z/LIMC/LFPG) (speculated)
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Xoruz on March 16, 2025, 03:35:26 PM
Updated with morning flight to Detroit.
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Xoruz on March 23, 2025, 02:12:41 PM
Updated with speculated train to Budapest.
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Xoruz on April 09, 2025, 12:28:53 AM
Updated

I was looking at TAR Discord and apparently teams took a charter flight from Budapest to Dubrovnik https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/KLJ2909/history/20250324/1002Z/LHBP/LDDU
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: redskevin88 on October 03, 2025, 07:05:32 PM
I really want to know which train combos the teams took in the last episode.
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Neobie on October 12, 2025, 11:33:28 AM
Thankfully, Deutsche Bahn and České dráhy still show schedules from back in Mar 2025, so we could try and retrace the schedules. There seems to have been a lot more chaos we weren't shown!

The original itineraries were:

Jag/Jas, Tucker/Eric, Izzy/Paige, Kristine/Rubina, Natalie/Stephanie, Jack/Chelsie, Hannah/Simone, Joseph/Adam
IC 149 from Amsterdam to Berlin Gesundbrunnen, 14:00-19:48
IC 2275 from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Dresden, 20:24-22:27
EC 459 from Dresden to Prague, 07:08-09:23

Kyland/Taylor
ICE 127 from Amsterdam to Frankfurt, 14:38-18:31
Train from Frankfurt to Frankfurt Süd, ~10min
EC 459 from Frankfurt Süd to Prague, 00:27-09:23

Angela/Lexi, Kat/Alex
ICE 129 from Amsterdam to Frankfurt, 16:38-20:31 (speculated)
Train from Frankfurt to Frankfurt Süd, ~10min
EC 459 from Frankfurt Süd to Prague, 00:27-09:23

Megan/Matt
NJ 40421 from Amsterdam to Regensburg, 19:00-05:07
RE 25 / EX 365 from Regensburg to Prague, 06:17-10:22

The top seven teams get off early in Berlin-Spandau, scheduled to arrive at 19:29. From there, they split into two packs:

Joseph/Adam, Jag/Jas, Natalie/Stephanie
These teams look like they take a very convoluted journey with local trains, which might be what prompted Joseph/Adam to be hesitant travelling alone:
IC 149 from Amsterdam to Berlin-Spandau, 14:00-19:29
ICE 1607 from Berlin-Spandau to Leipzig, 20:12-21:42 (they board from Berlin-Spandau at 20:35)
Train from Leipzig to Dresden, ~1h45
S1 from Dresden to Bad Schandau, ~45min
RB U28 from Bad Schandau to Děčín, 05:48-06:16
R 675 from Děčín to Prague, 06:25-08:12 (actual arrival 08:50, based on platform clock)

Tucker/Eric, Izzy/Paige, Kristine/Rubina, Jack/Chelsie, Hannah/Simone
These teams sacrificed a comfortable night's sleep in Dresden for a much shorter 4h layover in Leipzig:
IC 149 from Amsterdam to Berlin-Spandau, 14:00-19:29
RB 21 from Berlin-Spandau to Berlin Gesundbrunnen, 20:29-20:40
IC 495 from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Leipzig, 22:09-23:55
RE 50 from Leipzig to Dresden, 04:00-05:43
EC 459 from Dresden to Prague, 07:08-09:23
Although we hear the voiceover mentioning EC 459, we see them instead boarding EC 171 from Dresden, so there may have been another mishap, pushing them onto:
EC 171 from Dresden to Prague, 09:10-11:27 (actual arrival just before 11:12, based on platform clock)

Kyland/Taylor, Angela/Lexi, Kat/Alex
After meeting in Frankfurt and losing their train at Frankfurt Süd, the middle pack backtrack to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof. I couldn't find any connections that could get them onto Megan/Matt's 06:17 train from Regensburg (more on that later), so I think they actually took:
S6 from Frankfurt Süd to Frankfurt, ~10min
ICE 619 from Frankfurt to Munich, 01:53-06:23 (speculated)
RE 25 / EX 353 from Munich (passing through Regensburg) to Prague, 06:44-12:22

And guess what? We see these three teams meet Megan/Matt on EC 353 from Regensburg to Prague, and not the earlier EX 365 that Megan/Matt were originally booked on. This means that Megan/Matt must have also got Deutsche Bahned, forcing them onto:
RE 25 / EX 353 from Regensburg to Prague, 08:17-12:22 (actual arrival just before 13:38, based on platform clock)

With all that shake-up, what originally had all teams arriving at 09:23 and Megan/Matt trailing and arriving at 10:22 ended up being:
Joseph/Adam, Jag/Jas, and Natalie/Stephanie arriving at 08:50
Tucker/Eric, Izzy/Paige, Kristine/Rubina, Jack/Chelsie, and Hannah/Simone arriving at ~11:10, ~2h20 behind leaders
Kyland/Taylor, Angela/Lexi, Kat/Alex, and Megan/Matt arriving at ~13:35, ~4h40 behind leaders

This matches up with the departure times in Leg 3, with:
Joseph/Adam, Jag/Jas, and Natalie/Stephanie leaving at 05:14-05:46
Tucker/Eric, Izzy/Paige, Kristine/Rubina, Jack/Chelsie, and Hannah/Simone leaving at 07:46-08:43, ~2h30 behind leaders
Kyland/Taylor, Kat/Alex, and Megan/Matt leaving at 10:33-11:36, ~5h15 behind leaders

Side thought: How come they're travelling on first class trains?

Also, don't trust the editors:
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Xoruz on October 12, 2025, 01:16:23 PM
Thankfully, Deutsche Bahn and České dráhy still show schedules from back in Mar 2025, so we could try and retrace the schedules. There seems to have been a lot more chaos we weren't shown!

 :faint:
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: redskevin88 on October 12, 2025, 08:25:53 PM
Side thought: How come they're travelling on first class trains?

Also, don't trust the editors:

Thanks Neobie for the insight. As a TAR fan from the same era, you should know that the rule on first class travel only apply to planes except when given to teams on the final leg.
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Neobie on October 12, 2025, 10:51:44 PM
First class tickets do cost more though, so I'm surprised teams would be alright with blowing their budget on those. (Unless second class tickets are sold out?)
Title: Re: TAR 38 Transportation
Post by: Neobie on October 18, 2025, 07:27:22 AM
The two sets of trains in Leg 4:

RJ 375 from Prague to Vienna, 1842-2249
REX 6 from Vienna to Sopron, 2323-0037+1
R 9919 from Sopron to Györ, 0345-0459
R 4989 from Györ to Budapest-Déli 0536-0728

IC 577 from Prague to Budapest-Nyugati, 2201-0829+1