Travel delays · Getting around
be diverted
take a different route
If a vehicle or service is diverted, it is sent along a different route from the planned one.
This vs that
The flight was diverted to Birmingham.
The flight was delayed for two hours.
Hear it in real life
Why is the bus going down this street?
It was diverted because of the road closure.
The flight was diverted to Birmingham because of the storm.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Be diverted' is the normal public-transport wording, especially in announcements.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The bus was diverted in another road.
Say: The bus was diverted onto another road.
Use 'diverted onto' for a new route.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
be diverted to ___
Our flight was diverted to Bristol because of the fog.
Several buses were diverted to a different station during the road closure.
Travel delays words
Getting around · Travel delays: the words around “be diverted”.
More connectionsMore travel delays words8
Your turn: say it out loud
The bus was diverted because of the roadworks.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be diverted
take a different route
“The flight was diverted to Birmingham because of the storm.”
heytardy