The International Transport Game

[DasLunatic]

We take up Springs Branch's suggestion and board the EuroNight train that rolls in at 0208. However, we only go as far as the border town of Passau, arriving there at 0535 Sunday morning.

 

[Bodie]

Time to make like the illegal immigrants and head to the Bavarian capital.

We join them aboard RE 4057 leaving 0627 and reaching journeys end at Munich Hbf at 0835 on Sunday morning

Source: Bahn

 

[DasLunatic]

We up the pace and make a quick transfer onto the 0848 IC 1268. We alight at Stuttgart Hbf at 1107 Sunday morning, taking note of the TGV departing on the opposite platform.

 

[johnnychips]

Tiring of Germany, but not of its language, we take the 1153 IC 185 service to Zurich Hauptbahnhof arriving 1455 on Sunday afternoon. DB Navigator App.

 

[Bodie]

Using the bare minimum connection time we are away again at 1500 aboard IC 776 to Basel SBB arriving 1558 on Sunday afternoon

Source: bahn

 

[Springs Branch]

Basel Station is an interesting place to wander around for an hour or so, until we board the 1731 Eurocity EC 59 train to Milano Centrale, arriving at 2137 Sunday evening.

Source: bahn.com

 

[Bodie]

High speed travel beckons.

ES 9654 the 2212 to Torino Porta Susa where we reach at 2302 Sunday night

Source: bahn.com

 

[Springs Branch]

There is a Metro station at Porta Susa, but we decide to stretch our legs and get some fresh air and walk 9 mins to the Inghilterra tram stop.

Here we catch the 2322 Route 9 Tram to Turin's main railway station at Porta Nuova, arriving 2329 Sunday evening.

Source: GTT online journey planner

 

[johnnychips]

We take the 0530 R2501 FS service to Genova Brignole arriving 0738 on Monday morning.

DB Navigator App

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then have time to grab some breakfast and a coffee before boarding the 0852 Trenitalia FS train 11256 to Ventimiglia, arriving there at 1224 on Monday afternoon.

(Source: DB Navigator App).

This, to be honest, is what's holding the game back. We don't have to do this in the UK game, so why do we have to do it here? If we didn't have to do this, this game would be noticeably more popular and'll pull in (almost) as many people ass the UK version. That, and it's quicker to formulate a move.

It takes seconds (and I literally mean seconds), to quote your source, so it's not holding us back at all. Irrespective of whether we have to list sources on the UK version of this game, it makes it considerably easier for those who are planning an onward move in a different country. Here in the UK we all know we can use National Rail, however elsewhere some contestants may not know where to start, and so posting the source means they can use the same one as the previous contestant.

It actually helps us, not hinders us, to be honest....

 

[johnnychips]

Let's chalk off another country by taking the SNCF TER 86030 1308 to Monaco-Monte Carlo arriving 1337 on Monday afternoon.

DB Navigator App

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1408 Transport Express Régional train 86032 to Cagnes-sur-Mer, arriving there at 1449 on Monday afternoon.

(Source: as above)

 

[johnnychips]

I didn't know evening fell so early in the south of France

We have a quick look at the sea then take the SNCF TER 80634 1524 to Antibes arriving 1534 on Monday afternoon.

DB Navigator App

 

[Bodie]

Continuing our travels along the South of France we board TER 17488 at 1543 and take this train to its terminus of Marseille Saint Charles some two and a quarter hours later at 1759 on a Monday

Source: bahn.com

 

[Springs Branch]

Can't resist a high-speed dash to the City of Light - our next departure is the 1906 TGV 6132 to Paris Gare de Lyon, arriving 2227 Monday evening.

Source: raileurope.com

 

[johnnychips]

We take Cars Air France 4 from outside the station departing 2245 arriving at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) at approximately 2345 on Monday night.

http://www.lescarsairfrance.com/en.html

 

[Bodie]

We have arrived after flights have wound down for the night.
Other modes of transport are available at this late hour.

From my research I reckon the nearest of CDG's railway stations, is the RER station.

We depart on RER81067 at 2350 and have a late night ride through the Paris suburbs to this trains destination of Remy Les Chevreuse arriving at 0114 on Tuesday morning

Sources: flightstats.com and bahn.com

 

[DasLunatic]

We appear to have caught the last train of the day, so we camp on the platform for a few hours and await the arrival of the 0512 RER82847. Although it continues on to Mitry Claye, we alight at Paris Nord RER, the time now being 0602 on Tuesday morning.

I think we're just about in time for the first Eurostar back to Blighty - no paradox however

Source: bahn.com

 

[Bodie]

Our travels continue...

0625 Thalys THA 9303 to Amsterdam Centraal arriving at 0942 on Tuesday morning

Source: bahn.com

 

[Quakkerillo]

At 09:55, we board the "Intercity Direct", which goes to Breda (my hometown).
We arrive there at 11:04 on Tuesday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1125 Nederlandse Spoorwegen service 13638 to Utrecht Centraal, arriving there at 1248 on Tuesday afternoon.

(Source: DB Navigator App).

 

[johnnychips]

Let's get the 1258 NS IC3140 to Amsterdam Schipol Airport (AMS) arriving at 1329 on Tuesday afternoon.

DB Navigator App

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1433 Thalys service 9358 to Paris Nord, arriving there at 1735 on Tuesday afternoon.

(Source: DB Navigator App)

 

[johnnychips]

We then take the RER 84633 1754 train to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) arriving at 1828 on Tuesday evening.

DB Navigator App

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1848 TGV service 5230 to Nantes, arriving there at 2149 on Tuesday evening.

(Source: DB Navigator App)

 

[DasLunatic]

We slow things down and board one of Nantes' trams. This particular tram is on Line 1, and at 2200 it rocks up just outside the station. We take this tram to Jean Moulin (Nantes), arriving at 2217 Tuesday night.

Source: destineo.fr

 

[Bodie]

We carry on our late night exploring of line 1 by leaving Jean Moulin at 2228 and travelling to Schoelcher (Saint-Herblain) getting there at 2238 on Tuesday night

Source: destineo.fr

 

[DasLunatic]

The trams wind down at this time of night, so we make our way back towards the railway station, and at 2309, a tram comes rolling in. However, interested by something outside Mendès-France-Bellevue we alight there, the time now being 2314 on Tuesday night.

Source: "

 

[Bodie]

Trams are every half hour at moment so we twiddle our thumbs till 2344 and scoring another tram we travel to Commerce where we alight at exactly midnight, 0000 on what is now Wednesday

Source: destineo.fr

 

[DasLunatic]

Trams on Line 2 are more frequent, however. We cross to the other pair of platforms and are just about able to board the 0005 Line 2 service - the last one of the night. We take this tram to its terminus of Gare de Pont-Rousseau, arriving at 0016 Wednesday morning.

Source: "