Confederations Cup

ringerbell wrote: Have seen how Russia are providing free rail travel between host cities for ticket holders and it looks to be a good setup. Hopefully they do something similar at next year's world cup

you're glutton for punishment

Looks like Russia will be a nightmare to get around. Flights will be booked out as soon as the draw is made and train or bus might be the only way for those who were unfortunate.

Newryrep wrote: Trap junior wrote: Looks like Russia will be a nightmare to get around. Flights will be booked out as soon as the draw is made and train or bus might be the only way for those who were unfortunate.   No sh*t ?

No sh*t?  Have you tried a laxative?

Trap junior wrote: Newryrep wrote: Trap junior wrote: Looks like Russia will be a nightmare to get around. Flights will be booked out as soon as the draw is made and train or bus might be the only way for those who were unfortunate.   No sh*t ? No sh*t?  Have you tried a laxative?

No but I will pass the advice on to the next bear i run into in the woods

Shedite wrote: lassassinblanc wrote: Is it actually 36 hours train journey between some venues Just for sh*ts and giggles I picked a random slot to what travelling would be like. We ended up in slot C3. First game in Saransk (which as you might have guessed Ryanair don't service!) 22 hour train journey to our next game in Ekateringburg for the second game. 51 hour train journey then to the 3rd game in Sochi. Someone there pick a random slot in the draw and I'll see if that's an outlier.

I've done a bit of research on this: calculating the total journey time between city A and B, then B and C. None of this covers getting to the first host city or home again or to the potential second round game. I've based it on this year's timetable, searching for most trains on the 4th July, just to pick a date.

The *median* position is about 51 hours, the mean about 50 hours. The worst is position F3: Nizhny Novgorod to Sochi to Yekaterinburg: 38 hours then 62 hours, over 100 hours total. The long train leaves Sochi the afternoon after the second match and only arrives in Yekaterinburg the morning of the last match (assuming no substantial timetable changes between this year and next).

The best is D1: Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod to Saint Petersburg: 3 hours then 15 hours.

I should that in some cases I have used direct trains even where changing would be quicker. In many cases, going via Moscow can be quicker, especially to Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Saint Petersburg, as they are well connected to Moscow with faster trains.

Six of the Kaliningrad ones suffer from a problem, however, in that in each case you have to change in Moscow at least once. Now, none of them require two changes, or even a change both ways, but they are a pain all the same, with the transit visa problem for Belarus. The other alternative to flying is a train to Riga in Latvia then an overnight bus: f**k that.

Now, I might be a train fan, but even I figure that 100 hours on trains over a one week period might be a little much. Let's see if we qualify and then see where we get drawn.


Edited by SuperDave84 - 06 Jun 2017 at 11:35pm

Butch wrote: Sham157 wrote: Trap junior wrote: Newryrep wrote: Trap junior wrote: Looks like Russia will be a nightmare to get around. Flights will be booked out as soon as the draw is made and train or bus might be the only way for those who were unfortunate.   No sh*t ? No sh*t?  Have you tried a laxative? i wonder what size their coffees are you absolute moan I hope wifi is widely available so if we progress to the next round I can book cheap flights back out the weekend of the game . Maybe even go with Abbey or the likes but hopefully all routes won't be jumped on by bandwagoners

@IrelandFan, the Russian Visa process will hopefully wean out many of those c**ts  

pre Madonna wrote: Green Devil wrote: @IrelandFan, the Russian Visa process will hopefully wean out many of those c**ts   I would have no problem if Russian hooligans caged anyone singing that Toure Chant  The clap thing too.