Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Verstärkungsfahrten
English translation:
putting on extra trains/buses
Added to glossary by
volgil
Jan 8, 2015 20:24
9 yrs ago
German term
Verstärkungsfahrten
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Trains
Is there a specific term for this?
die Durchführung einzelner Verstärkungsfahrten
Thanks in advance
die Durchführung einzelner Verstärkungsfahrten
Thanks in advance
Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
die Durchführung einzelner Verstärkungsfahrten
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putting on extra trains/buses
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11635933.Northern_Rail_a...
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Extra-trains-Lincoln-Chris...
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Extra-trains-Lincoln-Chris...
Peer comment(s):
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Jonathan MacKerron
: or "supplemental" something or others; make that supplementary...
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'Extra' or 'supplemental'? Hmm...
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philgoddard
: Asker says trains, though most of the hits are for buses. And two-syllable "extra" is better than five-syllable "supplementary".
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agree |
Peter Keegan
11 hrs
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agree |
Ramey Rieger (X)
: Although I would use 'running' extra trains/buses
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
55 mins
extra coaches or additional coaches/trip/travel
vary from context to context
Peer comment(s):
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Lancashireman
: Extra trip? Most travellers would be resentful at the prospect. Extra travel? Most commuters try to avoid it.
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4 hrs
extra/additional services/journeys on (bus/train/streetcar/metro/subway) routes
IMO:
State Transit is introducing additional services as part of the Transport for NSW Growth Bus Program.
The additional services will cater for peak hour commuters travelling to and from the City as well as families, students and pensioners moving around Sydney at other times of the day and at weekends.
http://www.sydneybuses.info/news/extra-services-for-routes-3...
Bus passengers in east London to benefit from extra services on route 5
https://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/ma...
Many secondary school students in Cincinnati travel to school on Metro buses. Metro service is provided on regularly scheduled XTRA service routes, which only operate on school days and are designed to prevent overcrowding on regular Metro routes.
http://www.go-metro.com/riding-metro/xtra-service
York residents and commuters travelling in the early morning and evening will see improvements to several key bus services from today.
City of York Council, in partnership with York’s bus operators, is supporting extra services on routes 1, 5, 6, and 44 to benefit those travelling at the beginning and end of the working day.
The following routes have been improved:
Service 1
Two extra journeys between 18:00 and 19:00 from Wigginton into the city centre.
In the evening, one extra journey from the city centre to Wigginton and one extra journey from the city centre to Chapelfields.
http://www.itravelyork.info/news/extra-buses
State Transit is introducing additional services as part of the Transport for NSW Growth Bus Program.
The additional services will cater for peak hour commuters travelling to and from the City as well as families, students and pensioners moving around Sydney at other times of the day and at weekends.
http://www.sydneybuses.info/news/extra-services-for-routes-3...
Bus passengers in east London to benefit from extra services on route 5
https://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/ma...
Many secondary school students in Cincinnati travel to school on Metro buses. Metro service is provided on regularly scheduled XTRA service routes, which only operate on school days and are designed to prevent overcrowding on regular Metro routes.
http://www.go-metro.com/riding-metro/xtra-service
York residents and commuters travelling in the early morning and evening will see improvements to several key bus services from today.
City of York Council, in partnership with York’s bus operators, is supporting extra services on routes 1, 5, 6, and 44 to benefit those travelling at the beginning and end of the working day.
The following routes have been improved:
Service 1
Two extra journeys between 18:00 and 19:00 from Wigginton into the city centre.
In the evening, one extra journey from the city centre to Wigginton and one extra journey from the city centre to Chapelfields.
http://www.itravelyork.info/news/extra-buses
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