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Voy a la estación en tren.

Voy a la estación en tren.
I go to the station by train.
From Lesson 25:Destination (a, al)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Voy a la estación en tren.

Why is it a la estación and not al estación?
In Spanish, the preposition a (to) combines with the masculine word el (the) to make the contraction al. But estación is a feminine word, so it uses la (the). The words a and la do not combine, so they stay as two separate words: a la.
Why do we use en for 'by train' instead of a word for 'by'?
In Spanish, the preposition en is used to talk about modes of transportation. While en usually means 'in' or 'on', when you talk about how you travel, it translates to 'by'. So, en tren means 'by train' and en coche means 'by car'.
How do I know estación is feminine since it doesn't end in -a?
While many feminine words end in -a, Spanish words that end in -ción (like estación, canción, or habitación) are almost always feminine. That is why we use la here instead of el.
Why isn't there a yo (I) at the beginning of the sentence?
The verb voy comes from the verb ir (to go) and specifically means 'I go'. Because the verb form already tells us exactly who is doing the action, the pronoun yo is usually dropped in Spanish unless you want to add special emphasis.

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