Travel

to arrive, to depart, to leave, to stay,

to cancel, cancellation, cancelled, delay, delayed

to book, to reserve, reservation, to cancel a reservation

holiday, business trip

suitcase, bag, luggage

trip, journey, to travel, map

travel agent, brochure

ticket office, fare, price, single/return ticket

by foot, on foot

travelling by plane, by train, by taxi, by car, by boat

Bus
Double decker, single decker, passengers, bus driver, bus stop, bus
station, bus conductor, coach, luggage hold, bus lane

Train
Train station, platform, track, level crossing, underground, cross-
country, local, single or return ticket, carriage, first/second class,
train driver, ticket inspector, waiting room, seat, timetable, guard,
season ticket, fare, travel card, buffet car

to catch a train, to check the timetable, on the platform, to travel

cross-country

to get on the train, to embark, to set off (on a journey)

to get off the train, to disembark, to alight

ticket machine – a machine where you can buy your train tickets
ticket gate – a mechanical gate blocking access, where you need
to insert your ticket to pass through

the buffet car – a carriage on a train where you can buy drinks and
snacks

Taxi
Cab, black cab (official English taxi), fare, taxi rank, taxi driver, tip
(noun and verb)

to hail a taxi (when you raise your arm to get a taxi driver’s
attention to encourage it to stop in the street)

to pay the fare (the fare is what you pay for the journey)

to tip the driver (verb) / to give the driver a tip (noun)

Plane
Aeroplane, airport, airline, wing, runway, pilot, gate, passport,
excess baggage charge, cabin crew, flight attendant, air
steward/stewardess, security, turbulence, seatbelt

take off, landing

turbulence (uncomfortable, sudden movements of a plane due to

air pressure/temperature changes)

hand luggage (luggage you take into the cabin with you)

hold luggage/checked luggage (luggage you check in for stowage

under the aircraft)

over-head locker (where you can put your hand luggage)

boarding card, customs, departures, arrivals, lounge, aisle seat,

window seat, check-in, in-flight movie, in-flight entertainment
terminal 1, terminal 2 / T1, T2 (a terminal is where passengers go
to buy tickets, check in luggage, go to their boarding gate etc.)

boarding gate – where passengers go to board the plane (i.e. to

get on the plane), located inside the terminal building
to put luggage/bags in the hold

to board the plane

prepare for take off, the plane will be taking off in 30 minutes

prepare for landing, the plane will be landing in 20 minutes

to fasten your seatbelt, to buckle up (‘buckle up’ is slang for ‘fasten

your seatbelt’)

the flight was quite turbulent, to experience some turbulence, there

was some light/heavy turbulence
“How was your flight?”

“It was good, thanks, except there was some turbulence during the
descent that made me spill my drink!”

“Great – it was a smooth flight and I slept most of the time.”

Boat
Ferry, cruise ship, harbour, deck, port, sea, ocean, cabin, captain,
sail, sea sickness, crossing, on board, life belt/jacket, foot
passenger, buffet, port side, starboard

to embark (to get on the boat) / to disembark (to get off the boat)
‘choppy’ seas / rough seas

calm waters / still waters

to sail, to have a good crossing (a ‘crossing’ is when you go from

one place to another on a boat/ship) – e.g. “Did you have a good
crossing?”

to go out on deck (to go outside on the ship)

welcome aboard/on board , the captain’s table (where the captain

sits at dinner – sometimes passengers might get an invitation to
site at the captain’s table at some point during their cruise)

‘Plain sailing’ is an idiom that means an event that goes smoothly: ‘It’s all plain sailing
from here’