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Meanings of railway in English

Portuguese
estrada de ferro
Catalan
companyia de ferrocarrils
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Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight.

estrada de ferro
Usage of railway in English
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Last year, the railway carried 156 million passengers during the Spring Holiday.
Wired
2
It requires no new roads, no railway lines, no major public subsidies.
The Guardian
3
The ultimate goal is to establish a single railway area across Europe.
The Irish Times
4
However, the railway denied today that it was discriminating against its workers.
The Irish Times
5
There is a railway connection with Europe and a superb natural harbour.
Full Circle
6
It had happened during his early days of working on the railway.
Land of marvels
7
Here is a solution to the problem of towels in railway carriages.
The Irish Times
8
Why, in a railway accident, of course! he said when he could.
Drood: a novel
9
Photo: AFP Pakistan has a history of railway accidents with multiple deaths.
Radio NZ
10
In other countries, freight trains are operated by the national railway company.
Wired
11
The action is set in a small railway station north of Dublin.
The Irish Times
12
The tunnel is twelve miles long-thelongest railway tunnel in the world.'
Chatterbox, 1905.
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One of the grooms drove him to the railway in the dog-cart.
David Elginbrod
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Can't hold you responsible for the layout of the British railway system.
The Guardian
15
About fourteen thousand miles of railway are completed and under actual construction.
Commercial Geography / A Book for High Schools, Commercial Cours...
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Transport advertising includes advertising on vehicles, airports and in railway transit stations.
Reuters
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Common
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Common
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