railway
noun
rail·way
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Definition of railway
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Examples of railway in a Sentence
a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation
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China is one of Africa's largest investors, surpassing France, India and the United States with investments in railway, manufacturing and TV. — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, "Japan takes on China with a planned $20 billion investment in Africa," 30 Aug. 2019 Yet in Europe motorways, railway lines and waterways criss-cross the continent. — The Economist, "Europe’s long vacation flight home," 29 Aug. 2019 China's state broadcaster said Sunday that more than 3,200 flights had been canceled but that some suspensions on high-speed railway lines had been lifted. — NBC News, "Typhoon Lekima deaths rise to 44 in eastern China," 12 Aug. 2019 At One Dalton, Cobb studied historic railway lines and street maps of this part of Boston. — Robert Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, "One Dalton, Boston’s commanding new skyscraper, conjures architectural magic," 29 June 2019 The most ambitious revitalization project in the Atlanta area is the BeltLine: an effort to breathe new life into a 22-mile loop of abandoned railway lines around the city center. — Andrew Moore, National Geographic, "To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars," 17 June 2019 But the story of South Station is also the story of all passenger railway stations in the United States: decline and disrepair post-World War II as travelers defected for automobiles and sprawling suburbs. — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, "A day at South Station: A gateway to Boston, an intersection of many different lives," 17 Aug. 2019 The railway’s path could probably be redesigned to avoid severing these ecological arteries, but a sound environmental impact assessment must first be conducted to determine the impact and feasibility of alternative routes. — Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, The Conversation, "Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?," 13 Aug. 2019 The service is expected to commence next month and will run underneath Kolkata’s Hooghly river, Indian railway minister Piyush Goyal announced on Twitter on Aug. 8. — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, "As India readies an underwater line, here’s a look at its various metro networks," 12 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'railway.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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