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Practice Riding the Madrid Metro in Spanish
Cruzar Madrid en metro
You need to get to the far side of Madrid and the network map isn't helping. Ask at the information window how you'd actually do it — including the Cercanías bit that visitors always miss.
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Spanish · Voice only 02:00
You're talking to: un empleado de información del metro
You: un viajero
saying where you are going
Quiero llegar al otro lado de Madrid.
asking for the route
¿Qué línea me aconseja coger?
getting the direction right
¿En qué dirección la cojo?
Your goal
Come away with a route you could follow: which línea and in which dirección, where you make the transbordo, roughly how long the whole thing takes, and how late you can leave it to come back.
You'll practice
- Say where you're trying to get to and by when
- Get the route, including which dirección and where you make the transbordo
- Check how long it takes and how late the service runs
Phrases you'll actually use
Six lines that carry most of this conversation. You'll hear them, and you'll need them.
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Quiero llegar al otro lado de Madrid.
— saying where you are going
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¿Qué línea me aconseja coger?
— asking for the route
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¿En qué dirección la cojo?
— getting the direction right
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¿Dónde hago el transbordo?
— asking about the change
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¿Cuánto me llevará todo el trayecto?
— asking about journey time
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¿A qué hora pasa el último?
— planning the way back
Level-up expressions
hacer transbordo
change from one line to another
¿Dónde hago transbordo para Cercanías?
bajarse en algún sitio
get off at a particular stop
Entonces me bajo en Sol, ¿no?
pasar por algún sitio
(of a line) go via a place
¿Esta línea pasa por Atocha?
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