Is "disembarked" the correct word?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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We disembarked from the train.

Is “disembarked” the correct word?

Thanks.

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Sounds archaic to me. ‘We stepped off the train’ or simply ‘got off the train’ is much more popular these days.

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Yes, you can say it :slight_smile:

Disembark just means to leave a ship, aircraft and train after a journey.

So you can:

disembark from a ship (eg: Queen Elizabeth Cruise ship)
disembark from a train (eg: Eurostar)
disembark from an aircraft (eg: British Airways)

As @Torsten mentioned… stepped off the train or got off the train, which is probably spoken between anyone.

I would think that disembark is formal. So if you are on an aircraft, ship or train, someone will announce for passengers to disembark.

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Interestingly enough, the official announcement throughout the Munich city train system is ‘Please alight here’ which is yet another way of expressing the same idea. :wink:

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@Torsten Very interesting indeed. This is defintely a new one for me! :hugs:

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Even at railway stations we can see ‘Alight here’.

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