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Transportation
This page is designed to help our travelers to learn simple french phrases and words
Additional Info
Each word list is geared to teach you one of three different skills, depending on what you'll need to do with the vocabulary:
- LISEZ (READ): for
signs in the airport, train station, on the street.
- ÉCOUTEZ (LISTEN): for phrases that
French people (a train conductor, a waiter) might say to you.
(Wouldn't it be nice to know what they're saying?)
- PARLEZ (SPEAK): for questions you might
need to ask (Where is the station? Is this the right train?)
When you have finished with the instruction, you should
be able to:
- Read and understand all vocabulary marked with LISEZ;
- Hear and understand all vocabulary marked with ÉCOUTEZ or E;
- Speak all vocabulary marked with PARLEZ or P (make sure you practice saying these
words after the speaker).
Transportation & Time
Trains | Directions | Money | Dining | Biking
Airports * Trains & Subway * Buses * Time
of Day * Map of French
Cities
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| Reference: Le Reseau des Trains Français (French Train Network) |
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*Both the Metro and the RER are run by the RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens). The RATP also runs the buses.
(Read and Understand)
FRANÇAIS |
ANGLAIS |
| SNCF | French national railways |
| le Métro | the subway (in Paris and other large cities) |
| EuroCity, Eurostar | names of international trains |
| Très Grande Vitesse (TGV) | high-speed train (advance reservations required) |
| Autorail | small diesel train used on short runs |
| RER (Réseau Express Régional) |
Paris regional trains, linked to the métro |
| la voiture-restaurant | dining car |
| un wagon-lit | sleeping car with individual compartments and washing facilities |
| une couchette | berth with bedding |
| supérieure | upper (berth) |
| inférieure | lower (berth) |
| le terminus | end of the line |
| une voiture | car (number printed on ticket) |
| le
siège |
seat (number printed on ticket) |
| un repère | waiting point (for your car number) |