What does railway mean?
Definitions for railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪrail·way
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word railway.
Princeton's WordNet
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
railroad track, railroad, railwaynoun
a line of track providing a runway for wheels
"he walked along the railroad track"
Wiktionary
railwaynoun
A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles may travel.
Etymology: rail + way
railwaynoun
A transport system using these rails used to move passengers or goods.
Etymology: rail + way
Webster Dictionary
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
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
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
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'railway' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1420
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'railway' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1997
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'railway' in Nouns Frequency: #503
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of railway in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of railway in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of railway in a Sentence
I confirm the position I have always held from the start of this discussion: for me the railway network should not be privatised.
The idea is that basing on the new technology of high-speed rail transport we can build a new railway near the Trans-Siberian Railway with the opportunity to go to Chukotka and Bering Strait and then to the American continent.
We've probably managed to reduce our logistics costs thanks to China Railway Express.
But we understand, and it's important that everyone who's looking at this system understands, that this is an unusual situation where in the marketplace you have two large suppliers - the two big railway companies - where they have extraordinary market power, and we simply cannot accept outcomes where those two big companies would dictate to the market just what they think is satisfactory in their interests. That is not going to serve the wider interests of grain farmers or of the Canadian economy.
For years they have been cleaning and scrubbing hospitals, residential complexes, streets and railway stations. But instead of providing them with protective gear, and rewarding them, people are ostracizing them. Some have even been refused water to drink, when requested while at work.
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Translations for railway
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- иҳаамҩаAbkhaz
- سكة الحديد, سكة حديديةArabic
- dəmir yoluAzerbaijani
- чыгу́нка, жале́зная даро́га, каляя́, чыгу́начны пуцьBelarusian
- желе́зница, железопъ̀тна ли́нияBulgarian
- রেলপথBengali
- trať, kolej, železniceCzech
- rheilfforddWelsh
- jernbaneDanish
- Eisenbahnlinie, Bahn, Eisenbahn, GleisGerman
- σιδηρόδρομοςGreek
- fervojoEsperanto
- riel, vía férrea, vía, ferrocarrilSpanish
- raudteeEstonian
- راه آهن, راهآهنPersian
- rautatie, junarata, rata, rautatietFinnish
- chemin de fer, réseau ferroviaire, voie ferréeFrench
- spoarweiWestern Frisian
- bóthar iarainn, iarnródIrish
- rathad-iarainn, rèileScottish Gaelic
- מסילת רכבתHebrew
- रेलवेHindi
- sín, vasút, vasútvonalHungarian
- երկաթուղիArmenian
- ferroviaInterlingua
- jalan kereta api, kereta apiIndonesian
- járnbani, járnbraut, járngata, lestarsporIcelandic
- binario, ferrovia, rotaia, strada ferrataItalian
- 線路, 鉄道Japanese
- რკინიგზაGeorgian
- темір жолKazakh
- ផ្លូវរទេះភ្លើង, ក្រុមអយស្មយ័យានKhmer
- 철도, 선로Korean
- темир жолKyrgyz
- geležinkelisLithuanian
- dzelzceļšLatvian
- rerewēMāori
- желе́зница, пруга, железницаMacedonian
- төмөр замMongolian
- kereta api, keretapiMalay
- သံလမ်း, မီးရထားBurmese
- jernbaneNorwegian
- spoorwegen, spoorwegDutch
- jarnbane, jernbaneNorwegian Nynorsk
- kǫʼ naʼałbąąsii bitiin, béésh bitiinNavajo, Navaho
- æфсæнвæндагOssetian, Ossetic
- kolej, linia kolejowa, kolej żelaznaPolish
- ferrovia, estrada de ferroPortuguese
- cale ferată, rețea feroviară, căi ferateRomanian
- желе́зная доро́га, колея́Russian
- železnica, железница, željeznica, жељезницаSerbo-Croatian
- železnica, železničná traťSlovak
- železniškoSlovene
- hekurudhëAlbanian
- järnväg, järnvägsspårSwedish
- роҳи оҳан, роҳ оҳанTajik
- การรถไฟThai
- demir ýolyTurkmen
- daambakal, perokarilTagalog
- demir yolu hattı, demir yoluTurkish
- тимер юлTatar
- колія́, залізни́цяUkrainian
- ریلوےUrdu
- temir yoʻlUzbek
- đường sắtVietnamese
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