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Buying Train Tickets

Use these phrases to navigate a Spanish train station and buy tickets directly at the counter.

Key Phrases

Voice
Buying tickets · 2 ways to say it

Un billete para Madrid, por favor.

polite

A ticket to Madrid, please.

A complete and polite way to ask the staff for a ticket.

Dos para Barcelona.

neutral

Two for Barcelona.

Very common and direct; perfectly acceptable to say to the ticket agent.

Requesting a one-way ticket

Solo de ida.

neutral

One way only.

Requesting a round-trip ticket

Ida y vuelta.

neutral

Round trip.

Asking departure time · 2 ways to say it

¿A qué hora sale el tren, por favor?

polite

What time does the train leave, please?

¿Cuándo sale?

neutral

When does it leave?

Short and natural; use this when the staff already knows which train you mean.

Finding the platform

¿Dónde está el andén dos?

neutral

Where is platform two?

Asking the price

¿Cuánto es?

neutral

How much is it?

Paying

Con tarjeta, por favor.

polite

By card, please.

Rushing a companion

¡Corre, el tren sale!

casual

Run, the train is leaving!

Use this casual phrase only with friends or family.

Practice Dialogue

Traveler
Hola. Un billete para Madrid, por favor.
Ticket Agent
¿Ida y vuelta?
Traveler
No, solo de ida.
Ticket Agent
Son treinta euros.
Traveler
¿Con tarjeta?
Ticket Agent
Sí, claro.
Traveler
Gracias. ¿Cuándo sale?
Ticket Agent
A las diez. En el andén dos.
Traveler
Perfecto.

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