- Ausgang - Exit
- Eingang - Entry
- Ziehen - Pull
- Druck - Push
Ziehen and druck are commonly find on the doors
- S-Bahn - over the ground train line / local train compared to India
- U-Bahn - Underground rail / metro in India
- Zug - Train
- Glies - Platform
- Busse - Buses
- Fahr - Drive or ride
- Fahrscheine - Ticket machine
- Passe - Pass or ticket
- Linie - Line
- Bahn - Rail
- Bahnof - Railway station
- Hauptbahnof - Central Railway station
Some commonly found phrases on the platforms, etc.
- Bitte nicht einsteigen - Please do not enter. You will find this on the platform boards these, if the train is to be suddenly cancelled, etc.
- Achtung! - Attention
- Fahr endet hier - Ride ends here, common phrase on trams and buses, you have to leave the bus at this stop.
- Zug Fallt aus - Train is cancelled
- ersatzverkehr - Replacement service. Sometimes, due to line work or something you will find that trains are cancelled and buses are running for those routes and similarly for tram. So to find those buses and their stops, this phrase might help.
- Betreibsfahrt - This are kind of route testing buses or something, you will often find buses with this label. Nobody can board these.
- Fahrschule - Driving school. Some times trams and buses have this available and you know you can not board them because people are just learning to drive there.
Knowing some numbers in German would also help in deciphering those announcements at train stations. Specifically, finding which train is coming at which platform, or during train ride, which trains will be there on different stops.
