Route Summary

Trains so far: 47 (42 Vila Real to HCM)

Photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23573706@N06/sets/72157604066697777/

Friday 8th February
10.30 Board Eurostar at Kings Cross St Pancras. Arrive Paris Gare Du Nord at 13.53
15.50 Board TGV at Paris Montparnasse. Arrive Irun 21.25
22.00 Board Sud Express in Irun.

Saturday 9th Feb
Arrive Lisbon Santa Appolonia 11.03.
13.20 Board Intercicades at Lisbon Oriente. Arrive Faro 17.22

Sunday 10th Feb
16.25 Board Regional at Faro. Arrive Vila Real de Santa Antonio 17.39
20.41 Board Regional at Vila Real de Santa Antonio. Arrive Faro 21.51 (34 miles)

Monday 11th Feb
09.05 Board Intercicades at Faro. Arrive Lisbon Oriente 13.06 (200 miles)

Tuesday 12th Feb
11.39 Board Intercicades at Lisbon Oriente. Arrive Aveiro 14.00
18.11 Board Intercicades at Aveiro. Arrive Porto Campanha 18.44

Wednesday 13th Feb
17.55 Board Regional 423 at Porto Campanha. Arrive Vigo (Spain) 22.08

Thursday 14th Feb
16.45 Board Regional at Vigo. Arrive A Coruna 21.35

Friday 15th Feb
08.05 Board Diurno 280 at A Coruna. Via Ourense, Montforte de Lemos, Miranda del Ebro. Arrive Hendaye 20.35

Saturday 16th Feb
14.11 Board TGV at Hendaye. Arrive Bordeaux St Jean 16.27

Sunday 17th Feb
14.03 Board Corail 3854 at Bordeaux St Jean. Arrive La Rochelle Ville 16.13

Tuesday 19th Feb
12.31 Board Corail 3852 at La Rochelle Ville. Arrive Nantes 14.24
16.22 Board TER 58211 at Nantes. Via Redon. Arrive Quimper 18.54
19.05 Board TER at Quimper. Arrive Brest 20.16

Wednesday 20th Feb
13.45 Board TGV in Brest. Arrive Paris Montparnasse 18.20

Friday 22nd Feb
14.58 Board TGV Paris Gare du Nord. Arrive Lille Flandres 16.00 (120 miles)
16.08 Board Regional-Express Lille Flandres. Arrive Ghent St Pieters 17.02
17.15 Board Interregio Ghent St Pieters. Arrive Bruxelles-Central 17.51

Sunday 24th Feb
17.19 Board Intercity 9245 at Bruxelles-Central. Arrive Amsterdam Centraal 20.06

Monday 25th Feb
16.57 Board Intercity 1561 at Amsterdam Centraal. Arrive Amersfoort 17.32
17.41 Board Intercity 147 at Amersfoort. Arrive Osnabruck Hauptbahnhof 20.07
20.23 Board Intercity 2024 at Osnabruk Hauptbahnhof. Arrive Hamburg Hauptbahnhof 22.12

Tuesday 26th Feb
15.03 Board Intercity-Express at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. Arrive Berlin Hauptbahnhof 16.39

Wednesday 27th Feb
12.29 Board EuroCity 45 at Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Arrive Warszawa Centralna 18.35

Saturday 1st March
07.20 Board D91001 at Warszawa Centralna. Arrive Sestokai 14.48
15.03 Board D194RJ at Sestokai. Arrive Vilnius 17.57

Sunday 2nd March
18.20 Board Lietuvos Geležinkeliai 392RJ at Vilnius.

Monday 3rd March
08.20 Arrive St Petersburg Vitebskii.

Monday 10th March
17.18 Board 801 (Elektrishka) at Moscovsky Station, St Petersburg. Arrive Novgorod 20.33

Tuesday 11th March
21.20 Board 042 (Kupee) at Novgorod.

Wednesday 12th March
Arrive Leningradsky Station, Moscow 05.30

Monday 17th March
18.50 Board 018 (Platskart) at Yaroslavsky Station

Tuesday 18th March
Arrive Moscovsky Station at Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) 01.13 (274 miles)

Thursday 20th March
12.10 Board 128 (Kupee) at Gorky.

Friday 21st March
Arrive at Svedlorsk (Yekaterinburg)10.07 (Moscow Time*) (+2) (853 miles)

Sunday 23rd March
17.40 (+2) Board 076 (Platskart) at Svedlorsk (Yekaterinburg)

Monday 24th March
Arrive at Novosibirsk Glavny 14.49 (+3) (948 miles)

Wednesday 26th March
14.14 (+4) Board 086 "Krasnoyarskaya" (Platskart) at Novosibirsk Glavny

Thursday 27th March
Arrive at Krasnoyarsk 04.11 (+4) (473 km)

Friday 28th March
21.25 (+4) Board 046 (Platskart) at Krasnoyarsk

Saturday 29th March
Arrive at Irkutsk 15.27 (+5) (676 miles)

Friday 4th April
03.43 (+5) Board 12 (Platskart) at Irkutsk. Arrive Babushkin (Mosyeovar) 09.13 (+5)
22.33 (+5) Board 362 (Platskart) at Babushkin (Mosyeovar).

Saturday 5th April
Arrive Ulan Ude 01.18 (+5). (283 miles from Irkutsk)
01.58 (+5) Board 362 (Platskart) at Ulan Ude. Arrive Naushki 08.04 (+5). (551 miles)
12.50 (+5) Board 362 (No seat, small bribe) at Naushki. Arrive Sukhbaatur 19.05 (Mongolian time: Moscow + 4) (16 miles)
21.25 Board 362 at Sukhbaatur. Arrive Ulan Baatur 06.05 (238 miles)

Thursday 10th April
08.05 Board K24 at Ulan Baatur.

Friday 11th April
Arrive Beijing 14.04 (964 miles)

Saturday 19th April
10.46 Board D31 in Beijing. Arrive Shanghai

Wednesday 23rd April
17.09 Board T99 in Shanghai.

Thursday 24th April
(Morning) Arrive Jiulong.

Sunday 27th April
Board in Jiulong. Arrive in Guangzhou. (Queue for two hours for ticket. Miss train. Sleep in internet cafe)

Monday 28th April
07.17 Board K230 at Guangzhou. Arrive Nanning. (Evening)
(Night time) Board in Nanning.

Tuesday 29th April
(Morning) Arrive in Hanoi.

Thursday 1st May
(Evening) Board in Hanoi.

Saturday May 3rd
(Morning) Arrive Ho Chi Minh City. (1072 miles)

*All long distance trains operate on Moscow time, but suburban services operate on local time, which can sometimes be a little confusing.