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Voy a averiguar a qué hora sale el tren.

Voy a averiguar a qué hora sale el tren.
I'm going to find out what time the train leaves.
From Lesson 193:Reported questions (preguntó si...)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Voy a averiguar a qué hora sale el tren.

Why does qué have an accent mark here if there are no question marks?
Question words like qué, dónde, and cuándo always keep their accent marks when they are used in indirect questions or reported speech. Even though you aren't asking a direct question, you are still reporting the question "At what time...?", so qué keeps its written accent.
Why is the word order sale el tren instead of el tren sale?
In English, we change the word order for indirect questions ("what time DOES the train LEAVE?" becomes "what time the train LEAVES"). In Spanish, the verb usually stays right after the question word in both direct and indirect questions. Saying a qué hora sale el tren is the standard, natural word order.
Why do we need the a before qué hora?
In Spanish, to ask "at what time" something happens, you always use the phrase a qué hora. Because the original direct question would be ¿A qué hora sale el tren? (At what time does the train leave?), the preposition a has to stick around when you turn it into an indirect question.
Could I use encontrar instead of averiguar for "to find out"?
No, encontrar means "to find" in the sense of locating a physical object or person (like finding your lost keys). When you want "to find out" information, a schedule, or the answer to a question, you need to use averiguar.

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