To Transfer
To Change Trains
transitive verb, ichidan verb
You have ride and exchange, so you take your ride (bus, train, whatever) and exchange to another bus, train, or whatever. That's why this word means to transfer, and most commonly to change trains.
The reading comes from 乗る and 換える.
新宿駅で中央線から山手線に乗り換えて上野駅まで来てください。
Come to Ueno Station by transfering from the Chuo Line to the Yamanote Line at Shinjuku station.
飛行機をうまく乗り換えることができるかどうか心配しています。
I’m worried about how well I’ll be able to transfer planes.
どこでどのバスに乗り換えれば金閣寺に着くのか、奥へ行ってカウンターのところで聞いてみよう！
Let's go in and ask at the counter which buses to get and where to transfer to get to Kinkakuji Temple!