Numbers & Spelling

Buying Train Tickets to Manchester

A traveller buys train tickets to Manchester and hears fares, departure times, platform and booking reference details.

B17 min

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1Excuse me, how much is a return ticket to Manchester for this Saturday morning?

2The standard fare is forty-two pounds, but there is a cheaper ticket at thirty-one pounds.

3The cheaper train leaves at nine fifteen and arrives at eleven forty.

4Does the faster train stop at Birmingham, or does it go direct?

5It goes direct, and the journey takes only one hour and forty-five minutes.

6Two adults and one child will cost ninety-six pounds altogether.

7Can I reserve three seats together, preferably near a window?

8Your train leaves from platform six, so please wait behind the yellow line.

9Your booking reference is K-D-P five three eight, and please keep it safe.

10Please collect the tickets from machine number four at least twenty minutes before departure.

11If you miss that train, the next one leaves at ten oh five.

12Thank you very much for your help, have a lovely day.

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