take a train
Example Sentences
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We were going to take a train from there to Cinque Terre, while other passengers planned to visit Florence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Valera said she wanted to take a train from the airport, but she didn’t have the roughly $5 subway fare.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023
The interlocking system coordinates between the signal, track route and track occupancy, and ensures they all work in tandem to take a train safely through a station, Mathur told reporters two days after the crash.
From Reuters • Jun. 11, 2023
We take a train from Beijing to Xi'an.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2022
“We are helping. They’ll take a train to Poland, and we’ll arrange passage to Germany from there.”
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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