Travelling by train and underground

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to board a train	in einen Zug einsteigen	‘Please let us know if you need help boarding the train.’ You may also hear ‘to get on a train’
0/0	a buffet car	ein Buffetwagen	‘There’s a buffet car towards the front of the train.’ This is where you can buy food and drink on a train
0/0	a carriage	ein Wagen	‘Your reserved seat is in the next carriage.’
0/0	to change trains		‘Don’t forget to change trains at Birmingham.’
0/0	an escalator	eine Rolltreppe	‘You can reach the platform using the lift or escalator.’
0/0	to get off a train	aus einem Zug aussteigen	‘Get off the train at the next stop and take the train on the opposite platform.’
0/0	a guard	eine Wache	‘The guard is checking tickets.’ A guard may also be known as a conductor
0/0	a platform	eine Plattform	‘Which platform does the train to Inverness leave from please?’
0/0	a seat reservation	eine Sitzplatzreservierung	‘Can I sit here? I don’t have a seat reservation.’
0/0	a ticket	ein Ticket	‘Where can I buy a ticket please?’
0/0	a ticket barrier	eine Ticketschranke	‘I can’t get through the ticket barrier. It won’t accept my ticket.’
0/0	a train driver	ein Lokführer	‘Our train was late because the train driver was delayed on another service.’
0/0	the Tube	die Untergrundbahn	‘Take the Tube to Paddington then a train to Windsor.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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to board a train

in einen Zug einsteigen

‘Please let us know if you need help boarding the train.’

You may also hear ‘to get on a train’

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a buffet car

ein Buffetwagen

‘There’s a buffet car towards the front of the train.’

This is where you can buy food and drink on a train

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a carriage

ein Wagen

‘Your reserved seat is in the next carriage.’

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to change trains

‘Don’t forget to change trains at Birmingham.’

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an escalator

eine Rolltreppe

‘You can reach the platform using the lift or escalator.’

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to get off a train

aus einem Zug aussteigen

‘Get off the train at the next stop and take the train on the opposite platform.’

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a guard

eine Wache

‘The guard is checking tickets.’

A guard may also be known as a conductor

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a platform

eine Plattform

‘Which platform does the train to Inverness leave from please?’

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a seat reservation

eine Sitzplatzreservierung

‘Can I sit here? I don’t have a seat reservation.’

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a ticket

ein Ticket

‘Where can I buy a ticket please?’

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a ticket barrier

eine Ticketschranke

‘I can’t get through the ticket barrier. It won’t accept my ticket.’

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a train driver

ein Lokführer

‘Our train was late because the train driver was delayed on another service.’

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the Tube

die Untergrundbahn

‘Take the Tube to Paddington then a train to Windsor.’

Problems

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to be cancelled	storniert werden	‘My train was cancelled, so I had to wait for the next one.’
0/0	to be delayed	sich verzögern	‘My train was delayed by over an hour due to the weather.’
0/0	to miss a connection	eine Verbindung verpassen	‘I missed my connection at Manchester so had to stay in a hotel.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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to be cancelled

storniert werden

‘My train was cancelled, so I had to wait for the next one.’

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to be delayed

sich verzögern

‘My train was delayed by over an hour due to the weather.’

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to miss a connection

eine Verbindung verpassen

‘I missed my connection at Manchester so had to stay in a hotel.’

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