Verstärkungsfahrten

English translation: putting on extra trains/buses

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German term or phrase: Verstärkungsfahrten
English translation:putting on extra trains/buses
Entered by: volgil

20:24 Jan 8, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Trains
German term or phrase: Verstärkungsfahrten
Is there a specific term for this?
die Durchführung einzelner Verstärkungsfahrten
Thanks in advance
volgil
Local time: 15:51
putting on extra trains/buses
Explanation:
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11635933.Northern_Rail_a...

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Extra-trains-Lincoln-Chris...
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:51
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4putting on extra trains/buses
Lancashireman
4extra coaches or additional coaches/trip/travel
Omer Kartal, MA
3extra/additional services/journeys on (bus/train/streetcar/metro/subway) routes
Jacek Kloskowski


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die Durchführung einzelner Verstärkungsfahrten
putting on extra trains/buses


Explanation:
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11635933.Northern_Rail_a...

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Extra-trains-Lincoln-Chris...

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 206
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: or "supplemental" something or others; make that supplementary...
3 mins
  -> 'Extra' or 'supplemental'? Hmm...

agree  philgoddard: Asker says trains, though most of the hits are for buses. And two-syllable "extra" is better than five-syllable "supplementary".
1 hr

agree  Peter Keegan
11 hrs

agree  Ramey Rieger (X): Although I would use 'running' extra trains/buses
14 hrs
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extra coaches or additional coaches/trip/travel


Explanation:
vary from context to context

Omer Kartal, MA
Austria
Local time: 15:51
Native speaker of: Turkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: Extra trip? Most travellers would be resentful at the prospect. Extra travel? Most commuters try to avoid it.
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extra/additional services/journeys on (bus/train/streetcar/metro/subway) routes


Explanation:
IMO:

State Transit is introducing additional services as part of the Transport for NSW Growth Bus Program.

The additional services will cater for peak hour commuters travelling to and from the City as well as families, students and pensioners moving around Sydney at other times of the day and at weekends.

http://www.sydneybuses.info/news/extra-services-for-routes-3...

Bus passengers in east London to benefit from extra services on route 5

https://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/ma...

Many secondary school students in Cincinnati travel to school on Metro buses. Metro service is provided on regularly scheduled XTRA service routes, which only operate on school days and are designed to prevent overcrowding on regular Metro routes.

http://www.go-metro.com/riding-metro/xtra-service

York residents and commuters travelling in the early morning and evening will see improvements to several key bus services from today.

City of York Council, in partnership with York’s bus operators, is supporting extra services on routes 1, 5, 6, and 44 to benefit those travelling at the beginning and end of the working day.

The following routes have been improved:

Service 1

Two extra journeys between 18:00 and 19:00 from Wigginton into the city centre.
In the evening, one extra journey from the city centre to Wigginton and one extra journey from the city centre to Chapelfields.

http://www.itravelyork.info/news/extra-buses

Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 10:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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