to debark

[jctgf]

"Most of the 264 passengers and 30 crew members debarked there Saturday morning, most of them in good spirits despite the ordeal."

hi,

I wonder if there is a very informal verb/phrasal verb that could replace this one, please.

thanks

[banderas]

Originally Posted by jctgf

"Most of the 264 passengers and 30 crew members debarked there Saturday morning, most of them in good spirits despite the ordeal."

hi,

I wonder if there is a very informal verb/phrasal verb that could replace this one, please.

thanks

"Landed" might work here or "left the plane".

[jctgf]

Originally Posted by banderas

"Landed" might work here or "left the plane".

thanks.
I forgot to mention that the transportation means here is a train.
thanks again.

[banderas]

Originally Posted by jctgf

thanks.
I forgot to mention that the transportation means here is a train.
thanks again.

Then "got off the train" is pretty much informal.

[Neillythere]

Hi jctgf

Although I could recognise what it meant, I have never personally used the word "debark", and so checked it out in the various on-line dictionaries.

All suggest that it relates to ships or aircraft.

The word that I would have used would be "disembark", if I hadn't known that it was from a train - the suffix "-bark" comes from the French word "barque", which means a ship.

The informal way, as Banderas says, would be: "got off the train", in your case.

Regards
NT