Trains are one the common types of land transportation. In my childhood I was anxious to travel through train but didn’t get a chance and I am sure not only few of you must have travelled through train so let’s see how it feels to travel in train.
It is the railway station on which the train arrives and picks up the waiting passengers. It halts at many station and pick people from multiple stations while some people alight from train at another station.
A train has several compartments in which people are seated. People from different areas and communities are huddled together in one compartment. Some trains keep their compartments immaculately clean. Train offers comfortable sleeping berths. There is ample of space to move around.
We have prepared some English terms related to trains and railway stations that you should know.
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Train and Railway Stations Vocabulary Words
| Railway | Platform | Couch |
| Aisle | Compartment | Express train |
| First Class | Conductor | Intercity Train |
| Board | Locomotive | Motorail Train |
| Auto train | Season Ticket | Hawkers |
| Berth | Lapse | Rear |
| Footplate | Commuter Train | Air brake |
| Coolies | Innumerable | Couchette |
| Delay | Anxious | Joyous |
| Scenery | Picturesque | Halted |
| Bogie | Freight Car | Provision |
| Funicular | Caboose | Metro |
| Waiting Room | 1st Class | 2nd Class |
| Coach | Pantry | Driver |
| Rail pass | Passenger | Cable car |
| Connecting Train | On time | Sleeper |
| Ample | Comprehensive | Huddled |
| Loitering | Card | Superfast |
| Baggage Car | Engine | Shuttle |
| Boat Train | Express | Sleeping Car |
| Buffer | Funnel | Steam Engine |
| Buffet Car | Guard’s Van | Steam Train |
| Bullet Train | Intercity | Stopping Train |
| Car | Local | Third Rail |
| Carriage | Luggage Van | Train |
| Choo-Choo | Observation Car | Truck |
| Diesel | Restaurant Car | Wagon |
| Dining Car | Shunt | Wagon Lit |
Travelling through train is for sure enjoyable and joyous. We can enjoy the innumerable picturesque sceneries of our country, the forests, farmers ploughing their field and cattle’s. This makes this journey more comprehensive. People find this journey thrilling.
There is first class ticket and standard class ticket. The first class passengers have some extra benefits and luxuries. The luggage of people is picked by the coolies. The disadvantage of travelling through train is that sometimes train arrive late and you have to spend your time loitering around the platform. The journey by train is slower as compared with airplane or car.
How was your experience of travelling by train?, What things do you see in a train?. Prepare a list of things you get to experience when you travel via train.
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