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Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >>>>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
