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 Examples of such projects include rebuilding a highway, bridge or railway. Albert C. Lin, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025 Hyundai Rotem specializes in producing railway equipment and defense products. Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025 The demonstration marked the culmination of anti-corruption demonstrations sparked by the collapse of a railway station roof in Novi Sad in November that killed 15 people. David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025 The canopy at the railway station collapsed Nov. 1 after renovations led by two Chinese companies. Chris Massaro, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025 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 3 Apr. 2025.

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