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Lektion 12 · A1 · LingoBoss German

German A1: Understand Train Station Announcements | Delays, Platform Changes & More

German A1 special: understand real station announcements like a pro – delays, platform changes, cancellations, on-board announcements, and even the airport. With realistic loudspeaker voices, the departure board, the platform read-aloud button, and a listening quiz at the end.

Chapters · 12
00:00ICH VERSTEHE NUR BAHNHOF
00:48DEIN ZIEL
01:11WIEDERHOLUNG
01:51SCHLÜSSELWÖRTER I
02:28SCHLÜSSELWÖRTER II
03:07DIE ABFAHRTSTAFEL
04:06DER VORLESE-KNOPF
04:59DIE EINFAHRT
05:30DIE VERSPÄTUNG
06:13DER GLEISWECHSEL
06:38DER ZUGAUSFALL
07:15PROFI-ANSAGEN
Transcript

Your attention please on platform 7: ICE 728 to Hamburg-Altona, scheduled departure 14:32, today approximately 15 minutes late. Stop! What did she say? It's all Greek to me! 'I only understand train station': Germans say this when they understand nothing at all. After this lesson you will understand every announcement: at the station, on the train, and even at the airport. Delay, platform change, cancellation: today we crack the code. Stay until the listening quiz. There you will stand at the station yourself. Today you learn the language of real station announcements. You will read the departure board like a pro: time, train, destination, and platform. You will understand the announcements on the train: next stop, exit left or right. And as a bonus you will hear real announcements from Austria and the airport. First a short review from lesson eleven: the separable verbs of travel. abfahren: The train departs at 14:32. ankommen: The train arrives in Hamburg at 18:00. einsteigen and aussteigen: We get on in Cologne and get off in Bremen. umsteigen: In Hanover we change trains. Different train, same journey. And from lesson five: The railway always uses official time. 14:32, not half past two. Without these words you cannot understand any announcement. We collect them now. die Ansage: the voice from the loudspeaker. die Anzeige: the board with the information. You hear the Ansage, you see the Anzeige. das Gleis: That is where the train stands. Platform seven, platform three. die Abfahrt and die Ankunft: The train departs, the train arrives. die Verspätung: The train comes later. Ten minutes delay. Now the pro words. You hear these in almost every announcement. fällt aus: The train is not coming. No journey today. der Anschluss: your next train. To catch or to miss the connection. planmäßig means: as planned. Voraussichtlich means: probably. die Bahnsteigkante: the edge of the platform. Please be careful! der Ausstieg: That is where you get off. Exit left or exit right. This is the departure board. Every row is a train. First column: the time. Always in 24-hour format, for example 14:32. Then the train: ICE is the fast train, RE is regional, S is the city train. Then the destination: the last station. This ICE goes to Hamburg-Altona. And the platform: number seven. That is where you wait for the train. Very important: the last column. The delay is written here: about 15 minutes later. Do you see row four? RB 22 to Potsdam: cancelled. This train is not coming today. And at the bottom runs the ticker. Important information appears there too. At many stations there is a grey button on the platform with a loudspeaker symbol. You press it, and a computer voice reads the display aloud. Perfect for practising! Information for platform 7: ICE 728 to Hamburg-Altona via Hanover, scheduled departure 14:32, today expected 15 minutes later. Next: IC 2312 to Vienna main station, departure 15:17, today from platform 6. Do you hear the pattern? Train, destination, departure, platform. Always the same order. That is exactly why announcements are easy: it is always the same blueprint. Arriving on platform 7: ICE 728 to Hamburg-Altona via Hanover and Bremen. Please stand back as the train arrives. fährt ein means: the train is now coming onto the platform. Another separable verb: einfahren. via Hanover and Bremen: those are the stations along the way. Please be careful: take a step back from the platform edge. Your attention please on platform 7: ICE 728 to Hamburg-Altona, scheduled departure 14:32, today approximately 15 minutes late. Your attention please: almost all important announcements start like this. Scheduled departure 14:32 means: that was the plan. About 15 minutes later is the reality. Circa means approximately. Do you recognise this announcement? It is exactly the one from the beginning. Now you understand it! Attention, a platform change: IC 2312 to Vienna main station departs today from platform 6, not from platform 8. Gleisänderung or Gleiswechsel: your train departs from a different platform. Did you hear not from platform 8? Then run quickly to platform 6! Your attention please: RB 22 to Potsdam main station, departure 15:10, is unfortunately cancelled today. This is due to a disruption in operations. fällt aus: the worst sentence at the station. Your train is not coming. Disruption in operations: a very German sentence. It simply means: something is not working. What do you do then? Look at the display and find the next train. ICE 728 runs today with the coaches in reverse order. Reverse coach order means: the train is turned around. Coach one is now at the back. Attention on platform 2: a train is passing through. fährt durch: this train does not stop here. Stay behind the white line! Now we get on. On the train you hear a different voice and see the LED display. Next stop: München-Pasing. Exit on the right in the direction of travel. Next stop: the station that is coming now. You will hear these two words a hundred times. Exit on the right in the direction of travel: you get off on the right. Fahrtrichtung is the direction the train moves. There you have a connection to the regional express to Salzburg from platform 9. Connection: your next train. This information is worth gold when you have to change trains. Ladies and gentlemen, we will reach Munich main station today with approximately 10 minutes delay. We apologise. Ladies and gentlemen: this is how the train addresses you. Very polite, very official. Tickets for inspection, please. That is the conductor, live on the microphone. Just show him your ticket. This train terminates here. Everybody please get off. This train terminates here: the final stop. Everyone must get off, including you. A quick detour into the U-Bahn. There everything is faster and shorter. Stand back, please! Stand back please means: the doors are closing now. Do not board anymore! These two words save you from a door in the face. Promise. Now we travel to Austria, to the ÖBB. Fun fact: the station voice there is Chris Lohner. Her voice was digitised and has been speaking for over forty years. Train arriving. Zug fährt ein: short and legendary. All of Austria knows these three words. Railjet 862 to Innsbruck main station departs shortly from platform 4. Please board. In Kürze means: very soon. And the Railjet is the fast train of the ÖBB. With the S-Bahn we are at the airport. Here too: displays and announcements, just with gates. Lufthansa flight LH 1802 to Istanbul: all passengers please proceed to gate A12. Boarding has started. Ausgang here means the gate. Boarding has started: you may board now. Final call for passenger Leo Lang, booked on flight LH 442 to Berlin. Please proceed immediately to gate A03. Final call? That is me! Bitte begeben Sie sich means: go there immediately! Run, Leo! And you stay here: time for your listening quiz. Quiz time! You will now hear three real announcements. Listen carefully. Your attention please on platform 3: regional express to Frankfurt, today approximately 20 minutes late. 20 minutes! Did you hear about 20 minutes later? Very good. Attention, a platform change: ICE 512 to Cologne departs today from platform 9. Platform 9! With a platform change, only the new platform matters. Next stop: Berlin Ostbahnhof. Exit on the left in the direction of travel. Left! Exit on the left in the direction of travel. You are ready for Germany. I only understand train station? That no longer applies to you. You really understand the station. You read the departure board: time, train, destination, platform, and the info column. You know delay, platform change, and the dreaded fällt aus. And on the train you know immediately: next stop, exit right, terminus. Write in the comments: which announcement do you hear most often in your city? See you in lesson thirteen. Have a good journey with LingoBoss German!