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railway

[reyl-wey]

noun

  1. a rail line with lighter-weight equipment and roadbed than a main-line railroad.

  2. a railroad, especially one operating over relatively short distances.

  3. Also called trackway.any line or lines of rails rail forming a road of flanged-wheel equipment.

  4. Chiefly British.railroad.



railway

/ ˈɪˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. a permanent track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers, for transport of passengers and goods in trains

  2. any track on which the wheels of a vehicle may run

    a cable railway

  3. the entire equipment, rolling stock, buildings, property, and system of tracks used in such a transport system

  4. the organization responsible for operating a railway network

  5. (modifier) of, relating to, or used on a railway or railways

    a railway engine

    a railway strike

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • railwayed adjective
  • railwayless adjective
  • interrailway adjective
  • prerailway adjective
  • unrailwayed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of railway1

First recorded in 1770–80; rail 1 + way 1
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Following last November's disaster at Novi Sad railway station – where 16 people died when a concrete canopy collapsed – students launched protests, and the festival offered its support to them.

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They cite, as a prime example, the Belgrade Waterfront residential and retail project, constructed by Emirati developers on land owned by Serbia's railways.

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You will not be riding on these railways, or getting energy from new nuclear plants in this Parliament.

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Rail campaigners have battled for £1.5m government cash in the upcoming Spending Review to make a business case for a railway link in Devon.

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One of their jobs was salvaging metal, including railway track, abandoned by British Aluminium which operated a smelter in Fort William.

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