Examples of railway in a Sentence
a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation
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The local railway station, Witton, has long been a sticking point.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Every day, more than 430,000 passengers ride the Tokaido Shinkansen, a key Japanese railway artery that connects its capital Tokyo with Nagoya and Osaka, according to JR Central.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 1 May 2025
Amtrak’s excuse for killing so many trains for so many New Yorkers on some of the busiest routes in the country is that the federal railway monopoly will be repairing parts of the East River Tunnel.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Last year, the Mughalsarai railway station, built in central India a century and a half ago, was renamed for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a right-wing Hindu-nationalist leader.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Every day, more than 430,000 passengers ride the Tokaido Shinkansen, a key Japanese railway artery that connects its capital Tokyo with Nagoya and Osaka, according to JR Central.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 1 May 2025
Amtrak’s excuse for killing so many trains for so many New Yorkers on some of the busiest routes in the country is that the federal railway monopoly will be repairing parts of the East River Tunnel.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Last year, the Mughalsarai railway station, built in central India a century and a half ago, was renamed for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a right-wing Hindu-nationalist leader.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railway. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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railway
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rail·way
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