Tube, Buses & Contactless
Tap in, find your train and get off at the right stop.
Just tap your card on the yellow reader and walk through.
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All 15 phrases
Paying for travel3
On the Tube4
- Mind the gapWatch the space between the train and the platform as you get on or off
- Stand on the rightLondon escalator rule: standing on the right, walking on the left.
- Please move right down inside the carriageAnnouncement: stop crowding by the doors and move into the middle
- Is this the right platform for Brixton?Tube platforms go by direction (northbound, southbound, eastbound, westbound).
On the bus6
- Does this go to King's Cross?Quick check with a passenger or the bus driver
- Could you give me a shout when we get to the high street?Asking the driver or another passenger to tell you when you reach your stop
- Could you press the bell for me?Press the bell to ask the bus to stop.
- Cheers, drive! / Thank youThanking the driver as you get off is normal in much of the UK.
- Sorry, this is my stopHow you get past people standing in front of the doors
- Would you like my seat?Offer it to older, pregnant or disabled passengers.
Travel updates2
Check yourself15 questions
Question 1 of 15
Why use the same card all day?
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- Moments
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Picked by Talk, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Phrases
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- How Talk picked them
- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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- Meanings and examples
- Written by Talk in plain English.
- Dictionary details
- From Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Princeton WordNet, used under the WordNet licence. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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