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# Train

## Verb + train

* ***catch / miss*** the train
* change trains
* ***board / get on*** a train
* get off a train
* *trains run late*
* trains ***depart / leave*** (on time)
* trains travel (fast, slow, at 100 kph)

## Common expressions

* train ticket
* direct train
* express train
* train times
* train timetable
* train arrival and departure times
* ***earlier / later*** train

## Exercise

### 1. Verb + train

1. You'd better hurry or you'll ***miss*** the train.
2. There are no direct trains to Paris from here. You have to ***change*** trains at Lyons.
3. I'm afraid I can't stay much longer. I have a train to ***catch***.
4. Jill! Don't try to ***get*** off the train until it has stopped.
5. Nobody ***got*** on the train at Chester. The station was completely empty.
6. All our trains *are running late* because of the snow. - c
7. Some high speed trains travel at over 200 kph. - a
8. The train to Grantham will leave from platform 3. - b

### 2. Preposition + focus

1. Can I catch the express train ***to*** Madrid from this station?
2. Excuse me. When does the overnight train from Hamburg get ***in***?

   I think it's due ***in*** at 6am.
3. My next-door neighbor travels ***on*** the same train as me to work every day.
4. I never take the car to work. It's actually quicker ***by*** train.

### Common expressions

1. I booked the train tickets on the internet, but we'll have to pick them up at the station. - c
2. Is it a direct train or do we have to change? - d
3. Just to be on the safe side, let’s get the earlier train. - a
4. I'm sure I can download the train timetable. - e
5. I think we should get a later train. The No 8515 to Bordeaux leaves at 22.40. -b

## Notes

1. **The illustration at the top of this page is of a goods train - one that carries goods not passengers.**
2. **Overnight trains with beds are called *****sleepers*****:**

   *I'm getting the sleeper from London to Inverness tonight.*

   Note that we call the train “*the sleeper*” - not “the sleeper train”.