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This vocabulary list can be combined with lesson plan modules that use historic train price lists and traveler information, "Spanish reading passage: Informe para el viajero de ferrocarril" and "Spanish reading passage: Precios de pasaje por ferrocarril" . It can also be combined with excerpts of your own choosing from De México a Chicago y Nueva York: guía para el viajero en la que se describen las principales ciudades y ferrocarriles.
This is intended for AP Spanish language and college-level Spanish language students.
The mexican central railroad
| aduana | customs |
| añadir/añadirse | to add |
| billete | ticket (see also: boleto, pasaje) |
| boleto | ticket (see also billete, pasaje) |
| cama doble | double bed (in a Pullman train) |
| cambio | change, exchange rate |
| cantidad | quantity |
| cataratas | waterfalls; Cataratas de Niágara- Niagra Falls |
| cobrar | charge |
| coche-dormitorio | sleeping car (in a Pullman train) |
| convertir | change |
| cruz/crucecita | cross, little cross † |
| cualquier, cualquiera | any, whichever |
| directo | direct, nonstop |
| eligir | choose |
| empalme | junction |
| enterarse | to find out |
| entero | complete, roundtrip |
| ferrocarril | railroad, train |
| frontera | border |
| gabinete | parlor (in a Pullman train) |
| la cual | which, the one which |
| libra | pound |
| llegada | arrival |
| mayor | older than, greater than |
| moneda | foreign currency (literally means “coin”) |
| partida | departure |
| partir | to depart |
| pasaje | ticket (see also: billete, boleto) |
| precio | price |
| precios corrientes | current prices |
| previo aviso | prior notice |
| primera/segunda clase | first/second class |
| punto | point |
| ramal | branch (of the railroad) |
| recorrer | to cross, traverse |
| ruta | route |
| sección | section (in a Pullman train car) |
| según | according to |
| soler | to usually do something, tend to do something |
| sujetos a cambio | subject to change, can change |
| suma | sum |
| tren | train |
| veloz | fast |
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