Then the shuttle had immediately departed, unnerving even the adults by its swift disappearance.
The clerk told me the shuttle would depart at 8:10 on Track 18 and that we ought to hurry.
"The last shuttle just departed the colony, sir," he said.
Geary watched the shuttle depart, unmoving, wondering what he should feel.
"Your shuttle will surely depart at its appointed time."
The shuttle departs outside the terminal after the arrival of every flight transferring passengers to the city.
He stepped in just as the port was starting to close; the shuttles departed on a rigid schedule every few minutes.
Her shuttle departed in a matter of minutes; she had hoped this leave-taking would be brief.
And my shuttle does not depart for another two months.
These shuttles might depart as often as every six minutes in peak periods.