1. It was necessary to telephone .......... enquiries before we could get the number to ring up the railway station.

2. We thought it was a good idea to take some sandwiches with us so that we'd have something to eat for the .......... of the journey.

3. As one of our party was over 60 she was .......... to a reduction in the price of the ticket.

4. I suppose as we live in a very rural area, we are lucky that a train service actually .......... here.

5. Mind you the cost of travel is very high and .......... went up again last month.

6. All you can say is that the high price is somewhat .......... by being able to get to a large city quickly.

7. The other advantage of this particular service is that by and large the trains are .......... .

8. On the day we travelled most people had decided to stay at home as the train was .......... empty.

9. We ate our sandwiches and for the .......... of the journey we enjoyed looking at the scenery.

10. Before we knew what had happened we had left our .......... village behind and were in the middle of the big city.