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railways
Plural form of railway.
The railways in our country are excellent and the government are investing a lot of money to upgrade and improve those railways that need it most.
Submitted by MaryC on January 27, 2016
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Rank popularity for the word 'Railways' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4826
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Rank popularity for the word 'Railways' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4201
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Railways in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Railways in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Railways in a Sentence
I think the railways and motorways are going to take a long time to get off the ground, because the railways need subsidies for a start.
The whole time I've been trucking, the railways have been going to replace me, but that hasn't happened, at the moment, our concerns are finding enough drivers.
Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya:
The principles of proper governance will be followed, but the policy of building railways must also go ahead.
They have cut their rates to help attract volumes. All the railways are doing it, it's certainly helpful in getting volumes, but it's still tough out there.
Reverend W. Awdry (1911 - 1997):
[Of the parralels between the railways and the church] both had their heyday in the mid-nineteenth century; both own a great deal of Gothic-style architecture which is expensive to maintain; both are regularly assailed by critics; and both are firmly convinced that they are the best means of getting man to his ultimate destination.
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- السكك الحديديةArabic
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