railway

[ˈreɪlweɪ]

Definition:
1. A line of track providing a runway for wheels.
2. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system.

Use 'railway' in a sentence:

1. The railways will carry a far higher proportion of freight traffic.
2. The railway will be extended next year.
3. Leaves on the line are an expensive problem for the railways.
4. The industry is coeval with the construction of the first railways.
5. They have railed the meadows off from the new railway cutting.
6. Britain's railways are big business.
7. The railway opened up the east of the country.
8. Fears are entertained that the railway will be blocked by the snow.
9. The railway strike fizzled out on its second day as drivers returned to work.
10. There's been a record number of complaints about the standard of service on Britain's railways.
11. The railway is still under construction.
12. Floods washed out much of the railway line.
13. The railway slopes up slightly at this point.
14. Troops have seized the airport and railway terminals.
15. Ingrid went with him to the railway station to see him off.
16. Here is the end of the railway.
17. We are the casual acquaintances of a long railway journey.
18. Excuse me, does this road lead to the railway station?
19. The railway line was electrified in the 1950s.
20. There's only one railway system in the country.
21. The railway had obviously been built long after the house.
22. The railway line was electrified as long ago as 1974.
23. The railway line follows the river for several miles.
24. Talks between striking railway workers and the Polish government have broken down.
25. The new railway will benefit the district.
26. A railway and a highway run parallel in this city.
27. Railway fares are reduced by half for children.
28. The building is close to a railway with the noise.
29. The whole railway line has been opened to traffic.
30. Our village is close to the railway station.
31. Just follow your nose and in about five minutes you're at the old railway.
32. This railway ticket is valid for three days.
33. The new railway line will run overground.
34. Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned.
35. A new railway is under construction.
36. Building the new railway appreciates the value of the land.
37. A rural single railway track meanders through the valley.
38. I have been a subscriber to Railway Magazine for many years.
39. The mutilated bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line.
40. The boy was electrocuted when he wandered onto a railway track.
41. There were a hundred or so hotels in the vicinity of the railway station.
42. They coupled two railway coaches.
43. The new railway is under construction.
44. He could barely afford the railway fare.
45. The company manufactured elegant railway carriages.
46. I work in the railway yards.
47. The two towns are connected by a railway.
48. Railway travel transformed people's lives.
49. The railway was opened to traffic last year.
50. The rail proposal won and the railway worked spectacularly well.
51. The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
52. The railway traverses The country.
53. They were loaded on the railway trucks to go to Liverpool.
54. The two cities are connected by a railway.
55. What! This railway took only two years to build?
56. He walked back over the railway bridge.
57. Tom gave him a free pass on the railway.
58. The road ran beside a railway.
59. The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization.
60. Because railway companies say so.
61. The railway system was modeled on the successful plan used in other countries.
62. I had obtained my first camera for the express purpose of taking railway photographs.
63. Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up.
64. Across the river the railway track ran up to the pithead.
65. Her father worked on the railways.
66. The British government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high speed railway.
67. A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray.
68. The great railway lines of England all start from London.
69. The government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high-speed railway.
70. Take the narrow lane going north-west parallel with the railway line.
71. The daughter of a railway engineer, she at first had a somewhat nomadic childhood.