Focus words

accommodate (~ passengers)

accommodation (overnight ~)

amenity

attend to (one’s needs)

(train) attendant, syn. conductor, guard

berth (lower/upper ~)

board (ant.alight) the train;

on board (the train)

book (~ a ticket/seat/berth/lower);

to be booked up/out, to double-book

booking (~ for; reserved ~; cancel bookings)

booking office (syn.ticket office)

bound to be bound for, (west ~, Oxford~)

car (sleeping - ~, dining - ~, coach ~, buffet ~, smoking ~)

carriage

change (trains), ~ for a connecting train

check (one's luggage, suitcase, trunk)

class (first, second, third-~ carriage);

travel (in) first ~

commute – commuter

compartment (separate ~)

engine (steam/diesel/electric~)

deliver (have luggage, tickets delivered)

destination (arrive at a ~)

driver syn.engine/train ~

due (The train is due at 1.50.)

facility ( sleeping ~)

fare (train, air~, low-cost, budget)

fellow passenger

gangway

get on/off (the train)

inquiry (an ~ office); make inquiries

left-luggage office (check-room)

leg (~ of a trip)

locomotive

porter

pull (~ a car, ~ a train)

rack (baggage ~)

rail (~schedule, ~ link, ~ passenger, go by ~)

railway (~ line, ~ station, ~ tracks)

receipt

register syn. check (one’s luggage);

have one's luggage registered (checked)

reserve

to make reservations

route (en route)

run ( ~ on time, the train runs 5 times a week).

schedule syn.time-table (to consult a ~)

sleeper (first-class ~)

station master

stop at

make a stop at

tag

terminus (terminal)

ticket (single/one-way - return/round trip ~; train ~; season ~, open ~, restricted ~)

ticket booth

ticket-collector

ticket machine

transport (~ passengers)

train (passenger, freight/goods; long distance, local, suburban, commuter; fast, slow, high-speed; express, stopping; through, connecting; day coach; night); the three-fifteen (~); a ~ to London

travel time

trip

trolley/truck

Vestibule

via (detour ~)

waiting room

airborne

aircraft (~ stand)

air hostess, syn.(flight)attendant

airline

airsick ( to be ~)

cockpit/flight deck

baggage claim/reclaim , baggage/luggage carousel

baggage allowance

board (a train, a plane; ready for boarding, on board, now boarding

boarding pass

carry-on/hand luggage

cruise (~ at an altitude of)

cabin

cancel

cancellation fee

check ( ~ for the flight, checked baggage) check-in desk, check-in clerk

confirm (v), confirmation (n) – of dates, times, destinations, transfers

controls at the controls, control tower air traffic controller

conveyor

crew

customs ~officer

declare, declaration

depart

departure ~ lounge, ~ gate

descend

descent

immigration/passport control, ~ officer

delays in flights

halt, to come to a ~

flight – direct, non-stop, connecting, domestic/international, book smb. on a flight

fly non-stop, ~ at a speed, ~ a plane

gate

go/ pass through (customs, immigration, security )

jet lag

land

luggage/baggage (excess ~, overwheight ~, a piece of ~) to collect/pick up one’s ~

ramp

refund (non)-refundable

runway

run ~ a flight

scan/X-ray

seat - a window, an aisle ~ , in ~, assign ~ ; seat assignment

seatbelt (fasten ~)

security check, ~ officer, ~ measures

stopover

take off

taxi

terminal

transfer (~ desk)

travel agency, airline office

turbulence (go through ~)