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

/ ˈreɪlˌweɪ /

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

Other Word Forms

• railwayed adjective
• railwayless adjective
• interrailway adjective
• prerailway adjective
• unrailwayed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of railway¹

First recorded in 1770–80; rail ¹ + way ¹

Example Sentences

As we walk around the Christmas market, which snakes through streets close to Birmingham New Street railway station, they're reminded of home.

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Authorities caught “some agents hired by Russia to monitor the railway lines,” and the city copes with cyber attacks on a regular basis, he says.

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It maps the ports, rivers, railways and roads they would travel, and how they would be supplied and protected on the way.

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Other critics say that Vaca Muerta is being hampered by insufficient pipelines, poor roads and the lack of a railway connection.

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Furthermore, the company has a strong balance sheet and a highly undervalued railway infrastructure business, the analysts say.

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Related Words

• line 
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• track