Definitions for railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪrail·way

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

1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system(noun)

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

2. railroad track, railroad, railway(noun)

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   "he walked along the railroad track"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. railway(Noun)

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

2. railway(Noun)

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

Origin: rail + way

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

1. Railway(noun)

   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. Railway(noun)

   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

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

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. Hu Jie:

   We've probably managed to reduce our logistics costs thanks to China Railway Express.

2. South Korea spy agency:

   The move was a step to prepare for cyber terror against the railway transport control system.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Don't be too optimistic while you are tied to a railway when the train is coming; it won't be helpful for the solution!

4. Sudhir Mishra:

   http://www.employment-news.net/ provides latest government jobs in railway, Engineering, Banking and other various sectors.

5. Transport Minister Samuel Sitta:

   A consortium of Chinese railway companies led by China Railway Materials (CRM) has been picked to help us build the railway line.

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