Travelling by train and underground

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Travelling by train and underground

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Travelling by train and underground

Your score	Vocabulary	Audio	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to board a train	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	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	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	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	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	ein Wagen	‘Your reserved seat is in the next carriage.’
0/0	to change trains	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account		‘Don’t forget to change trains at Birmingham.’
0/0	an escalator	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	eine Rolltreppe	‘You can reach the platform using the lift or escalator.’
0/0	to get off a train	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	aus einem Zug aussteigen	‘Get off the train at the next stop and take the train on the opposite platform.’
0/0	a guard	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	eine Wache	‘The guard is checking tickets.’ A guard may also be known as a conductor
0/0	a platform	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	eine Plattform	‘Which platform does the train to Inverness leave from please?’
0/0	a seat reservation	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	eine Sitzplatzreservierung	‘Can I sit here? I don’t have a seat reservation.’
0/0	a ticket	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	ein Ticket	‘Where can I buy a ticket please?’
0/0	a ticket barrier	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	eine Ticketschranke	‘I can’t get through the ticket barrier. It won’t accept my ticket.’
0/0	a train driver	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	ein Lokführer	‘Our train was late because the train driver was delayed on another service.’
0/0	the Tube	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	die Untergrundbahn	‘Take the Tube to Paddington then a train to Windsor.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, 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’

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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	Audio	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to be cancelled	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	storniert werden	‘My train was cancelled, so I had to wait for the next one.’
0/0	to be delayed	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	sich verzögern	‘My train was delayed by over an hour due to the weather.’
0/0	to miss a connection	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	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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