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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

/ ˈ°ù±ðɪ±ôËŒ·É±ðɪ /

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 strike

    a railway engine

“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 ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of railway1

First recorded in 1770–80; rail 1 + way 1
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In 2021, Tom Cruise surprised locals of Pickering when he touched down in a helicopter to shoot scenes for Mission: Impossible at a heritage railway.

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Many of her fellow tenants in this apartment block near Madrid's Atocha railway station have similar problems.

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A man shot dead by police officers at Milton Keynes railway station has been named.

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The railway station is open and trains are running as usual.

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Police have shot a man dead at a railway station after reports he was carrying a firearm.

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