as in road
a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation

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Recent Examples of railway This includes assistance with foreign visas, railway clearances, and permissions for shooting at archaeological sites. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2025 The tug served multiple purposes beyond moving lumber, including transporting railway cars. Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025 Angels Flight announces price hike as iconic L.A. railway becomes latest victim of inflation. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025 The Rail Baltica project, designed to link the Baltic capitals with a European-gauge railway from Tallinn to Warsaw, has become all the more important due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, but the delay means that Latvia's share of the project may not be completed before 2035. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for railway
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Noun
  • There are also four Nation Forest System roads that are impacted by the fire that need to be assessed for hazards.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
  • Panahi was last in the Cannes Competition with 3 Faces in 2019, a political road movie starring Iranian star Behnaz Jafari.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The Surface Transportation Board does only railroads.
    Stephen L. Carter, Twin Cities, 6 June 2025
  • The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which operates the railroad, began seeking public comments Thursday on future improvements and priorities.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025

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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railway. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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