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.