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UK [ˈreɪlweɪ] / US noun
Word forms "railway":
singular railway plural railways British
1)
a) [countable] the metal track that trains travel on. The American word is railroad

The path continues along a disused railway.

b) [only before noun] relating to a railway

a railway bridge

a railway station

2) [countable] a company that owns and controls all the railways in a region

the Great Western Railway

3) the railway or the railways the system of travelling by train, and all the companies, people, and equipment relating to it

We should encourage more people to use the railway.

She's worked on the railways all her life.


English dictionary. 2014.

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