On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:02:57 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

No such word in German. Do you mean "zurueck" (zurück = back)? Is that
their equivalent of "mind the doors"?

If the driver is doing it properly in Hamburg, you get:-

doors released

"Richtung Norderstedt-Mitte bitte einsteigen" (towards
Norderstedt-Mitte[1] please board)

"Richtung Norderstedt-Mitte bitte zurueckbleiben" (towards
Norderstedt-Mitte please stand away[2])

doors closed

[1] Old habits die hard...

[2] Literal translation would be "stand back", but "stand away" is a
far more common UK term, at least on the mainline in the days of
slamdoors.

Few of them do, though, so you just get a mumble.

Neil

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