Czech · Zpoždění / výluka
The train is cancelled and a bus runs instead: what to say in Czech
The train is cancelled and a bus replaces it.
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How it's done. Vlak byl zrušen means the train is cancelled, náhradní doprava a replacement bus service, výluka a track closure; look at the board and the carrier's app.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Promiňte, co se děje s vlakem do Prahy?
PROH-meen-teh, tsoh seh DYEH-eh z VLAH-kem doh PRAH-gih?
Excuse me, what's happening with the train to Prague?
Or say:Promiňte, vlak do Prahy není na tabuli.
PROH-meen-teh, vlahk doh PRAH-gih NEH-nee nuh TAH-boo-lee.
THEY SAY
Vlak byl zrušen. Jezdí náhradní autobus.Vlahk bil ZROO-shayn. YEHZ-dee NAHG-ruhd-nee OW-toh-boos.
The train has been cancelled. A replacement bus runs.
They might also say:
Kvůli výluce vlak nejede. Zajišťujeme náhradní dopravu.
KWOO-lee VIH-loo-tseh vlahk NEH-eh-deh. ZIGH-eesh-tyoo-eh-meh NAHG-ruhd-nee DOH-pruh-voo.
Because of a track closure the train isn't running. We provide replacement transport.
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YOU FINISH
Odkud jede autobus?
OT-kood YEH-deh OW-toh-boos?
Where does the bus leave from?
THEY SAY
Před nádražím, ze zastávky náhradní dopravy.Prshed NAH-druh-zheem, zeh ZAHS-tuhf-kih NAHG-ruhd-nee DOH-pruh-vih.
From in front of the station, from the replacement transport stop.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Czech for life in Czechia”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Promiňte
PROH-meen-teh
verb
excuse me
děje
DYEH-eh
verb
happens
vlakem
VLAH-kem
noun
train (instrumental)
Vlak
Vlahk
noun
train
byl
bil
verb
was
zrušen
ZROO-shayn
adjective
cancelled
15 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Můžete to zopakovat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh toh ZOH-puh-koh-vuht, PROH-seem?
Can you repeat that, please?
Můžete mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?
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