Xiaoyu is looking for the bus to the library. A passenger tells her which one, then gives her the only free seat.
Xiaoyu
请问，去图书馆坐几路车？
Qǐngwèn, qù túshūguǎn zuò jǐ lù chē ?
Excuse me, which bus goes to the library?
A passenger
三路和十一路都到。
Sān lù hé shíyī lù dōu dào.
The number three and the number eleven both go there.
Xiaoyu
哪个快？
Nǎ gè kuài ?
Which is quicker?
A passenger
十一路快，可是人多。
Shíyī lù kuài, kěshì rén duō.
The eleven, but it is crowded.
Xiaoyu
要坐几站？
Yào zuò jǐ zhàn ?
How many stops is it?
A passenger
四站。车来了，上吧。
Sì zhàn. Chē lái le, shàng ba.
Four. Here it comes, let us get on.
Xiaoyu
车上没有座位了。
Chē shàng méi yǒu zuòwèi le.
There are no seats left.
A passenger
前面有一个，你坐。
Qiánmiàn yǒu yī gè, nǐ zuò.
There is one up front, take it.
Xiaoyu
您坐，我不累。
Nín zuò, wǒ bù lèi.
You have it, I am not tired.
A passenger
好。下一站就是图书馆，你准备下车。
Hǎo. Xià yī zhàn jiù shì túshūguǎn, nǐ zhǔnbèi xiàchē.
As you like. The next stop is the library, get ready to get off.
三路车 is the number three bus. The figure comes before 路, and the word 车 is dropped when the context is clear: 坐三路 is enough. The question is put with 几路车 or 坐几路. Do not confuse it with the metro, whose lines are 号线, nor with 路 meaning a road, which is the same character.
The same word counts stops and names stations: 四站 four stops, 车站 the bus stop or bus station, 火车站 the railway station, 地铁站 the metro station. As a verb, 站 means to stand, which is exactly what you do on a crowded bus.
You get on with 上车 and off with 下车, for a bus, a train, a car, a taxi. The same verbs do for a boat and a plane, with a different noun: 上飞机, 下飞机. The bicycle is the exception and takes 骑, to ride astride.
