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What is the Finnish term for a train?
What is the Finnish term for a train?
Which term is used in Helsinki as a slang term for trams?
Which term is used in Helsinki as a slang term for trams?
What does 'ladata matkakortti' mean?
What does 'ladata matkakortti' mean?
Which of the following means 'a place to sit' on public transit vehicles?
Which of the following means 'a place to sit' on public transit vehicles?
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What is the Finnish term for 'public transit pass'?
What is the Finnish term for 'public transit pass'?
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Which term represents 'a track/platform' in Finnish?
Which term represents 'a track/platform' in Finnish?
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'Rautatieasema' translates to what in English?
'Rautatieasema' translates to what in English?
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What does the term 'dösä' refer to?
What does the term 'dösä' refer to?
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Which term in Finnish refers to a 'terminal'?
Which term in Finnish refers to a 'terminal'?
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What does 'vaihto' mean in the context of public transportation?
What does 'vaihto' mean in the context of public transportation?
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Study Notes
Public Transit Vocabulary
- Pysäkki: a public transit stop
- Raide: a track or platform
- Laituri: a platform (trains, subways, piers)
Stations
- Asema: a station
- Bussi.asema: a bus station
- Linja-auto.asema: a bus station
- Metro.asema: a subway station
- Rauta.tie.asema: a railway station (literally "iron road station")
Vehicles
- Bussi: a bus
- Linja-auto: a bus (formal, literal "line car")
- Dösä: a bus (Helsinki slang)
- Juna: a train
- Vaunu: a car (unit of a train)
- Lähi.juna: a commuter train
- Raitio.vaunu: a tram
- Ratikka: a tram (colloquial)
- Spåra: a tram (Helsinki slang, pronounced "spora")
- Metro: a subway or subway system
- Lento.kone: an airplane (literally "flight machine")
- Taksi: a cab or taxi (not public transit)
Seating
- Paikka: a reserved spot or seat (not the physical seat)
- Ikkuna.paikka: a window seat
- Käytävä.paikka: an aisle seat
- Istuin: a seat (the physical seat)
Travel
- Vaihto: a transfer or layover
- Matka.kortti: a public transit pass
- Ladata matkakortti: to top up or add load to a public transit pass
- Arvo: credits or value
- Kausi: unlimited rides
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Test your knowledge of Finnish transportation vocabulary related to public transit stops, tracks, stations, and vehicles. Learn words for bus, subway, train, terminal, and more.
