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Schedule of the "Climate Train"
The tables below and the map on the back page should help to clarify how the journey and conferences fitted together. The first table shows dates, events, and duration for the largest group starting from London. The second table shows how other people joined this group.
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Date |
Event |
No People |
Duration |
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7th Nov |
Train London -Brussels (via channel tunnel) |
9 |
3 hrs |
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7th Nov |
Train Brussels-Berlin |
10 (+1 via Vienna) |
10 hrs(1 night) |
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8th Nov |
Meeting in Berlin (+ecotour) |
30 appx |
1 day |
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8th Nov |
Train Berlin-Warsaw |
16 |
7hrs (1 night) |
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9th Nov |
Meeting in Warsaw (+tour and action) |
50 appx |
half day |
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9th Nov |
Train Warsaw-Moscow |
17 |
20 hrs (1 night) |
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10th-12th Nov |
Moscow Press Conference, Discussion with NGOs, Planning workshops |
60 appx |
2 days / nights |
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12th Nov |
Train Moscow-Novosibirsk |
28 |
48 hrs (2 nights) |
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14th-16th Nov |
Novosibirsk Conference 15th-17th Nov (organised |
80 appx |
2 days / nights |
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16th Nov |
Train Novosibirsk-Irkutsk |
33 |
36 hrs (2 nights) |
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18th Nov |
Train Irkutsk - Zabaikalsk |
33 |
24 hrs (1 night) |
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19th Nov |
waiting at the Russian-Chinese border |
33 |
8 hrs |
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19th Nov |
Train Manzhouli -Beijing |
33 |
32 hrs (2 nights) |
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21st-23rd Nov |
Beijing - 1st day: obtaining Japanese visas 2nd day: Conference (Agrometeorological Institute) 3rd day: Meet "Friends of Nature", buy action materials, tourism |
36 our group 60 appx at conf |
3 days / nights |
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24th Nov |
Bus Beijing-Tianjin port |
32 (4 no visa yet) |
3 hrs |
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24th Nov |
Ferry Tianjin- Kobe via Bohai Sea, Inland sea of Japan |
32 |
52 hrs (2 nights) |
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26th Nov |
Welcome party Kobe (genki temporary village) |
appx 100 |
evening / night |
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27th-29th Nov |
Bicycles Kobe-Kyoto (fast and slow groups, also some by train) Visits to local groups in Kobe and Osaka. |
appx 50 cycling 10 by train |
3 days /nights (not all cycling!) |
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30th Nov |
All arrived Kyoto. Planning, registration etc. |
36 our group |
1 day /night |
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1st-10 Dec |
COP3 Kyoto: many activities see report |
36 our group |
10 days / nights |
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11th Dec |
Trains Kyoto-Kobe port |
29 |
2 hrs |
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11th Dec |
Ferry Kobe-Tianjin |
29 (+3 via Korea) |
55 hrs |
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13th Dec |
Bus Tianjin port - Tianjin |
29 |
2 hrs |
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13th Dec |
Train Tianjin-Moscow |
1 to Krasnoyarsk, 4 to Novosibirsk 17 to Moscow |
6 days/nights to Moscow |
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19th Dec |
Overnight stay in Moscow |
16 |
1 night |
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20th Dec |
Trains home by various routes to arrive before Christmas |
16 |
2-3 days /nights |
Table to show other routes (all by train / boat unless otherwise indicated)
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Starting from |
Join main group |
No |
Notes / Deviations from main group route |
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London (4), Norwich (3), Bath (1), York (1) |
London |
9 |
1 Brussels to Moscow via Vienna to get Russian visa 1 return to Madrid, 1 return from China via central Asia, 3 return from China via Siberia several months later. |
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Paris, Madrid |
Brussels |
2 |
Paris to Moscow only then return, Madrid to Warsaw only then return |
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Munich (2), Hamburg (2), Köln, Amsterdam |
Berlin |
6 |
2 return via Korea, China and Siberia, 3 flew home (not part of CT budget!) |
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Warsaw |
Warsaw |
1 |
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Helsinki, Tampere, Budapest (2), Bucharest, Zagreb, Kharkov (2), Kiev, Tiblisi (2), Moscow |
Moscow |
12 |
2 flew Tbilisi<=>Moscow due to civil war on train route, 1 (from Kiev) had to fly Beijing-Osaka due to visa problem 1 (from Zagreb) return via Siberia later, 1 (from Helsinki) return via Korea, China, USA (plane). 1 (from Moscow) to Novosibirsk only then return |
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Khanti-Massisk, Gorno-Altai, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk (3) |
Novosibirsk |
6 |
1 flew home to Khanti-Massisk due to urgent unexpected government meeting |
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Beijing (3) |
Beijing |
3 |
flew Beijing to Osaka due to visa problems, return on ferry |
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