italki - "Travel/travelling time"? - for native English speakers What do you call the time it takes to travel

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"Travel/travelling time"? - for native English speakers What do you call the time it takes to travel from one place to another? “Travel time” or “travelling time” or something else? If it’s about a train journey for instance. Do you say for instance “the travel time from A to B is one hour” where A and B are stations? Or "the new locomotives will reduce travel times with 20 percent"? (I'm not sure if you say "reduce by" or "reduce with") Thanks for your help!

Oct 23, 2017 2:36 PM

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I think I would generally say "travel time" when talking about myself but I think you could say "travelling time too". "My travelling time from home to work is 20 minutes each way". You could use the word "journey" or "journey times". e.g. "electrification of the Great Western Mainline will shave more than 15 minutes on some train journey times between South Wales and London". note - journey times are reduced BY (not with).

October 23, 2017

1. The time it takes for you to get from point A to point B is- Travel time 2. The new locomotives will reduce the travel time by 20 percent.

October 23, 2017

You can use either, but 'travel time' sounds more natural. 'reduce by' is the right choice.

October 23, 2017

By reading ,u could get all.

October 23, 2017

Thanks Bill. But can you say "the new locomotives will reduce journeys by 20 percent"? This seems ambigious to me, since it could also refer to the number of journeys.

October 23, 2017

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