Train pulled up in the New York.

[tufguy]

"Tom deboarded the train when train pulled up in the New York station."

Please check.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Tom alighted from the train when it stopped at the New York station.

 

[Skrej]

"Tom deboarded the train when train pulled up in the New York station."

Please check.

Check your articles before we look any further at your sentence.

 

[tufguy]

Correction for post# 1.

"Tom deboarded the train when the train pulled up in the New York station."

Please check.

 

[emsr2d2]

As MatthewWai showed, we don't use "deboarded" and there's no need to repeat "the train".

John alighted from the train when it pulled into New York station.
John got off the train when it arrived at New York station.

 

[tufguy]

As MatthewWai showed, we don't use "deboarded" and there's no need to repeat "the train".

John alighted from the train when it pulled into New York station.
John got off the train when it arrived at New York station.

Does "pulled into" means stop?

 

[Matthew Wai]

I take it to mean 'arrived at'.

 

[Skrej]

Yes, it means arrived at, but it also means stopped at.

'Pulled into' implies that the train is gradually slowing down to a complete stop at the station.

For example, my friend who's expecting me to pick him up might call and ask where I'm at, and I could say "I'm pulling into your driveway now", or "I'm pulling up to your place now".

 

[Matthew Wai]

Yes, it means arrived at, but it also means stopped at.

What is the difference between 'arrived at' and 'stopped at' in this context?
Could the train not have stopped when it arrived?

 

[Skrej]

Yes, that's what it means in this context. There isn't any difference in this context.

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER

If you plan to speak idiomatic American English, I think that it is accurate to say that "alight from the train" is very strange to American ears, young and old.

Just say that "Tom got off (the train) in New York."

If for some reason, you want a more "elegant" word, I believe that some people occasionally might write in formal contexts: "Tom detrained in New York."

 

[GoesStation]

NOT A TEACHER

If you plan to speak idiomatic American English, I think that it is accurate to say that "alight from the train" is very strange to American ears, young and old.

Just say that "Tom got off (the train) in New York."

If for some reason, you want a more "elegant" word, I believe that some people occasionally might write in formal contexts: "Tom detrained in New York."

I agree about alighted, which is unnatural in AmE. Detrained sounds bizarre to me, though. Just say got off.

 

[Tdol]

I do hear deplaned in air travel contexts, though.

 

[tufguy]

Yes, it means arrived at, but it also means stopped at.

'Pulled into' implies that the train is gradually slowing down to a complete stop at the station.

For example, my friend who's expecting me to pick him up might call and ask where I'm at, and I could say "I'm pulling into your driveway now", or "I'm pulling up to your place now".

It means you were arriving at your friend's place but you were not travelling by train. You were either driving or walking.

 

[emsr2d2]

I wouldn't use "pulling up to/pulling into" if I were walking. They would work if I were driving or were a passenger in a car/taxi.

 

[Skrej]

I do hear deplaned in air travel contexts, though.

Yeah, Tatoo said it every episode of Fantasy Island.

 

[Tdol]

I think it is used nowadays as an alternative to a phrasal verb for international clarity.

 

[emsr2d2]

It should be noted, though, that it only works with planes. We don't "deship" or "deboat" or "decar"! When I worked at a ferry port, passengers were said to "disembark" - that would certainly work with boats and planes but I don't associate it with buses, trains or cars.

 

[GoesStation]

When I worked at a ferry port, passengers were said to "disembark" - that would certainly work with boats and planes but I don't associate it with buses, trains or cars.

In fact, the root -bark means "boat" or "ship". It works for waterborne vessels and, by extension, for airplanes. A lot of aviation terminology was adopted from marine terminology.