The good news is the train to Hung Hom is (literally!) on the doorstep of the Wikimania venue at HK Polytechnic University.
If you plan it out well, you could spend time in Beijing, overnight train to Shanghai, spend time there, then overnight again to HK/Hung Hom. For those with the time in their schedule, it sounds like a great trip. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Alan C Y Lai <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm afraid that Deryck Chan is overtly optimistic about the construction > of High Speed Rail in Hong Kong. As the line is still under construction > until 2015, the Beijing-Hong Kong through train will still be on > conventional lines during Wikimania 2013. And I strongly urge for > convenience and comfortability sake you'd better take the through train to > Hung Hom. > > Best regards, > Alan > > > Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > > IIRC by Wikimania 2013 the Hong Kong-Beijing direct train will have > switched to the high speed system. > On Jan 18, 2013 7:55 AM, "Shujen Chang" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There's also a railway line from Beijing to Kowloon, but that line is >> slower and less confortable than the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed >> Railway Line. >> >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Shujen Chang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I recommend you take the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed Railway in China, >>> than you can transfer train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. >>> I'm planning to train to Hong Kong to (from China), so maybe I can join >>> you in Beijing-Guangzhou&Guangzhou-Hong Kong line. >>> and attention, you must apply for a Chinese visa if passing China, the >>> Hong Kong visa is not valid in China. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Seb35 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, Добрый день, >>>> >>>> Three years ago some crazy Wikimedians (whose I was) travelled by train >>>> through Europe to join Gdańsk for Wikimania. >>>> >>>> This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, >>>> mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel >>>> can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be >>>> more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € >>>> (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of >>>> ~800 €. >>>> >>>> Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think >>>> about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in >>>> Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :) >>>> >>>> ~ Seb35 [^_^] >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>>> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sincerely, >>> Shujen Chang >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> Shujen Chang >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism Email: [email protected] WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http:/www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: WikiFactcheck: http://wikifactcheck.org/wiki
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