Definitions for Railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪRail·way

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemnoun

   line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

2. railroad track, railroad, railwaynoun

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   "he walked along the railroad track"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. railwaynoun

   A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles may travel.

   Etymology: rail + way

2. railwaynoun

   A transport system using these rails used to move passengers or goods.

   Etymology: rail + way

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Railwaynoun

   a road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure

2. Railwaynoun

   the road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. railway

   A type of rail transport system.

   Railway lines are maintained efficiently and we feel very grateful to have this form of travel.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 28, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Line
   • Track

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Railway' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1420

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Railway' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1997

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Railway' in Nouns Frequency: #503

How to pronounce Railway?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Railway in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Railway in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Railway in a Sentence

1. Chief Executive Gianfranco Battisti:

   Exploring international markets is an important part of our industrial plan, in the world there are a lot of opportunities to develop motorway and railway infrastructures and we have the skills to do that.

2. Wolfgang Georg Arlt:

   When I was in China, people were not even allowed to talk to a foreigner, if I asked someone,' Where is the railway station ?' he would have to go and report that.

3. Viktor Orban:

   They seized railway stations, rejected giving fingerprints, failed to cooperate and are unwilling to go to places where they would get food, water, accommodation and medical care ... They rebelled against Hungarian legal order, from the 15th, Hungarian authorities will not forgive illegal border crossings.

4. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   We Hungarians, if we want to continue to be able to move freely within Europe, we must protect our borders and must enforce meeting EU rules at the Budapest eastern railway station as well.

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   This is not the first time Russia experiences barbaric terrorist crime, usually without any obvious internal or external causes, the way it was with the explosion at the railway station in Volgograd at the end of 2013. we remember everything and everyone.

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