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 The starting point of the railway is on the southern edge of what is now Villages at Roll Hill, formerly the Fay Apartments. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024 Another advantage is that trains and railways are built to handle heavy loads that would be too much for trucks. Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024 In response, both the government and private companies are investing in the creation of new transportation routes, including the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway and the modernization of highways, which will be a critical factor for export growth. Nikolay Seleznev, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Local officials were mulling over an idea to put a then-idle Norfolk Southern Railroad industrial access line connecting the cities back into service as a commuter railway. IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for railway 

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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railway. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.

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