German · Real conversations
How to say “Which platform does it leave from?” in German
Ask which platform or track your service departs from.
Von welchem Gleis fährt er ab?
Which platform does it leave from?
Railway vocabulary can distinguish a platform from a track; follow the local example.
Use it in three situations
Finding a train
Von welchem Gleis fährt er ab?
Which platform does it leave from?
Checking a departure
Von welchem Gleis fährt der Zug zum Flughafen ab?
Which platform does the airport train leave from?
A platform announcement
Hat sich das Gleis geändert?
Has the platform changed?
What to watch for
Confirm the destination or departure time as well when several services are present.
Read the whole expression before replacing a detail. The natural wording may use a different order or construction from the English sentence.
Your turn
Imagine train journeys. Say this in German: Which platform does the airport train leave from?
Reveal a sample reply
Von welchem Gleis fährt der Zug zum Flughafen ab?
Which platform does the airport train leave from?
Build a useful exchange
Check a route, a platform, and a connection.
This expression in other languages
A note on speaking German
Use Sie for formal address and du with people you address informally. Könnten Sie …? is a useful polite request. Keep noun capitals and the verb position shown in each complete sentence.
The examples preserve German accents and ß. Read a full sentence before replacing a detail: a subordinate clause can move the verb to the end, and case can change an article or pronoun.
