Travel Terms
The act of leaving a location to start your journey.
What is departure?
If your flight leaves at 8:00 AM, that’s called this.
What is departure time?
This map helps you navigate underground trains in a city.
What is a Metro Map?
A short trip between two points, often part of a longer journey.
What is a transfer? (or What is a leg of a trip?)
The point where your trip ends.
What is arrival?
If your train reaches the station at 3:45 PM, that’s called this.
What is arrival time?
The location where you enter or exit a subway system.
What is a metro station?
The process of planning your route using a map.
What is navigation?
A train, bus, or airplane is an example of this.
What is a mode of transportation?
When you change from one bus to another during your trip.
What is a transfer?
This local bus service often connects neighborhoods to Metro stations.
What is a Ride-on bus?
The term for the schedule showing when buses or trains arrive and depart.
What is a timetable?
The city or place you are traveling to.
What is a destination?
This term means to get on a bus or train.
What is board?
The designated place where you wait for a bus.
What is a bus stop?
The action you take when you step onto a bus at the start of your trip.
What is boarding?
The place where your journey begins.
What is a point of origin?
When you get off a bus or train, you do this.
What is disembark?
This system of trains runs underground in many cities.
What is the Metro?
The action you take when you leave the bus at your destination.
What is disembarking?