Synonyms:
railway, railroad, railroad_line, railway_line, railway_system
Meaning: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Synonyms:
railroad_track, railroad, railway
Meaning: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track"
Usage examples
"But the railway!"
You can get by railway for three-and-sixpence."
Am I too late to reach the railway by seven, brothers?"
"Good; and if you can dispose of the railway bonds to advantage, you may do so."
He still hankered after a grand destruction of the lot somewhere down the railway.
Tot was already up and sitting near the railway track watching the tin train go round.
It's eighty versts to the railway and the train starts for Moscow at seven o'clock to-night.
Malthus was a well-known capitalist, who had made his money by speculation in railway shares.
'And pack up the furniture so that it can be left at the railway station, till we have met with one?'
I travelled from Smyrna by the new railway to Panderma on the Marmora, and got there just before Christmas.