Transport announcements

Transport announcements

Listen to some transport announcements to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

A

The next train to arrive at Platform 2 is the 12.20 to Bristol Temple Meads, calling at Reading, Oxford and Bristol Parkway. Platform 2 for the 12.20 to Bristol. First class is in the rear carriage.


B

This is a platform announcement for passengers for the 12.20 service to Bristol Temple Meads. This train is delayed by approximately 8 minutes. The train will now depart from Platform 9. Passengers for the 12.20 train to Bristol, please make your way to Platform 9.


C

Passengers for Flight EB380 to Paris please make your way to Gate 13 for boarding. Gate 13 for flight EB380 to Paris. Please have your passports and boarding passes ready. Your flight is ready to board.


D

This is a London Underground service to Liverpool Street. The next station is Liverpool Street. Upon arrival, the first set of doors will not open. Customers in the first carriage, please move towards the rear doors to leave the train. The next station is Liverpool Street. Change here for Central Line, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line and Metropolitan Line and Main Line Suburban rail services. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform. This train terminates at Redbridge.

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Submitted by Toan3002 on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 01:20

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I had a trip to Hue and a summer holiday to Phu Quoc by plane. I have never gone somewhere by train.

Submitted by Christine Brachet on Tue, 10/10/2023 - 13:55

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I usually travel by plane for long distances, otherwise in France I use the train or the car.

Submitted by AjengAmanatillah on Thu, 14/09/2023 - 02:12

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I have only taken a plane twice when I went to and from Makassar, South Sulawesi. And I also rarely travel by train because there are no stations close to my house.

Submitted by kitalphar on Wed, 06/09/2023 - 14:27

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Unfortunately not much, I only travel in airplane once and never in a formal train service

Submitted by Aider on Fri, 25/08/2023 - 11:50

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When I go to Bangkok, I go by car. I sometimes go to the beach with my family by car, or by van, or by bus.
I have never travelled by plane. My mother will go to Singapore by plane this year or next year. I would like to travel with her.
Aider, Thailand.

Submitted by Anna20232023 on Thu, 29/06/2023 - 05:34

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I rare travel, but prefer the plane. I'm going to have fly this summer in Sankt Petersburg.

Submitted by Safe_Mode on Tue, 20/06/2023 - 11:22

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I travelled three times by plane and the same times for train for this year

Submitted by anastasiaa-02 on Tue, 06/06/2023 - 13:01

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i sometimes travel by train only from my hometown to other cities. Unfortunately, i have never travelled by plane but it will be in my future. Today situation is awful in Ukraine and it influences on travelling(

Submitted by JBenavidesMelo on Sat, 06/05/2023 - 16:11

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I always travel in January because there is a carnaval in my city, so I prefer to use that time to relax somewhere else. During the rest of the year I travel by plane 2 or 3 times due to a congress or a meeting. I never travel by train because we don't have them here, but I used to use it everyday when I was doing my Master in The Netherlands.

Submitted by oscardortiz on Sat, 06/05/2023 - 16:10

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I used to travel a lot by a plane, like 2 times per week, but right now one or two times per year, my last trip was on 2020 to Guadalajara Mexico