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  1. 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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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'railways' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4826

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'railways' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4201

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of railways in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of railways in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of railways in a Sentence

  1. H. G. Wells:

    There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.

  2. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere:

    I have therefore ordered that the federal police visibly increase their presence at airports and railways stations and that there are random checks, which are not visible but very effective, in border areas.

  3. Oleg Belozerov:

    Together with the government and the Russian Railways team, (I plan) to focus on continued efficiency improvements.

  4. Canfranc Fernando Sánchez Morales:

    We are working on a project that will change Canfranc, every day we hear more feedback saying that this railways line is necessary and needs to be reopened.

  5. John Zahary:

    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.

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  • السكك الحديديةArabic

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