Train Station English 1

Vocabulary and information practice for train station workers — English for passenger services.

Vocabulary in context

Train stations are high-volume, high-anxiety environments — full of people who are running late, confused about platforms, worried about connections, or carrying more luggage than they can manage alone. The staff who work in them need English that is fast, clear, and directional: no ambiguity, no long explanations, nothing that requires the passenger to think too hard while also watching the departure board. This exercise builds exactly that vocabulary — the essential terms of railway travel, the language of giving and getting information at speed, and the specific phrases that help a stressed traveller get where they need to be without missing their train.

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Fill in each blank with the proper (best) response from the list on the right: identification
one way
service
compartments
refundable
change
spell
ticket counter
run
service fee
1. This train only has sleeping .

2. This train does not ( = operate) on Tuesdays.

3. Would you like a ticket or a round-trip ticket?

4. I'm sorry, this ticket is non-. ( = I cannot give you money back for this ticket)

5. You'll have to trains ( = transfer) in Brussels.

6. There is no to that city. = No trains go to that city.

7. All international tickets are sold at the around the corner.

8. I need to see your passport of some other form of .

9. I can give you a refund, minus a $10 . ( = charge, penalty, etc.)

10. How do you your last name?

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