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Meanings of railway in English
Portuguese
estrada de ferro Catalan
companyia de ferrocarrils 
Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight.
Synonyms
Examples for "railroad"
Examples for "railroad"
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The first railroad in China was built by British promoters in 1876.
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However, its railroad and utility products segment saw sales fall 21 percent.
3
In the railroad trains in both England and France appears the following:-
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The area is a great mesh of railroad lines, criss-crossing the roads.
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Problems with the first Acela trains were legendary in the railroad industry.
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The meat they would peddle to butchers in towns along the railroad line.
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Osborne, a civil engineer who was surveying the area for a railroad line.
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The railroad line ran to the west of the farm.
4
About the middle of the afternoon they reached a junction with another railroad line.
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Alongside it ran an abandoned railroad line, with neglected train cars weathered by the elements.
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Hourly services could be introduced on the Belfast to Dublin railway line.
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As the railway line came, the Victorians really made Monkstown their own.
3
Everyone here is focused on a body found by the railway line.
4
A railway line of 250 miles now connects Port Augusta with Adelaide.
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Shortly after this they came to the bridge over the railway line.
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Can't hold you responsible for the layout of the British railway system.
2
Once Amtrak dominated the railway system, many Harvey Houses were torn down.
3
Buhari's government has been looking for partners to overhaul its aging railway system.
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What's all this about the EU trying to change the Irish railway system?
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Then unloaded them by hand and welded them into the growing railway system.
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We whizzed across the railroad track in front of the Day Express
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Nels crossed the railroad track and disappeared behind the low, flat houses.
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Rosalind walked for a mile along the railroad track and then stopped.
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It is just close on the railroad track, your Honor, this building.
5
Yes, and muffle your horse's hoofs, too, in crossing the railroad track.
Usage of railway in English
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Last year, the railway carried 156 million passengers during the Spring Holiday.
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It requires no new roads, no railway lines, no major public subsidies.
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The ultimate goal is to establish a single railway area across Europe.
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However, the railway denied today that it was discriminating against its workers.
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There is a railway connection with Europe and a superb natural harbour.
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It had happened during his early days of working on the railway.
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Here is a solution to the problem of towels in railway carriages.
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Why, in a railway accident, of course! he said when he could.
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Photo: AFP Pakistan has a history of railway accidents with multiple deaths.
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In other countries, freight trains are operated by the national railway company.
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The action is set in a small railway station north of Dublin.
12
The tunnel is twelve miles long-thelongest railway tunnel in the world.'
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One of the grooms drove him to the railway in the dog-cart.
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Can't hold you responsible for the layout of the British railway system.
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About fourteen thousand miles of railway are completed and under actual construction.
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Transport advertising includes advertising on vehicles, airports and in railway transit stations.
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Railway through the time
Railway across language varieties
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