Thesaurus results for RAILWAY

railway

noun

ˈrāl-ˌwā

Definition of railway

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 Around midnight, the train came to a stop at Cook, a lonely outpost stuck almost midway between Perth and Adelaide, originally built to support the railway. — Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Against the backdrop of a bright-yellow 1890s railway depot that’s now a local history museum, this market is a hive of downtown activity. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 The country has passed a series of economic reforms and is investing heavily in infrastructure, including a $67 billion high speed railway to shuttle travelers between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city within eight hours. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 3 July 2026 In 1880, the city’s first railway was completed, connecting Sanford to what became called The Phenomenal City, creating a new, much quicker gateway for settlers to find Orlando. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for railway

Recent Examples of Synonyms for railway

Noun

The size of the frozen zone in which crews are working to stabilize a building in Midtown Manhattan was decreased late Tuesday, but some roads remain blocked.

— Kelly McCleary, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
This can cause loss of control in extreme circumstances, especially when the road conditions aren’t prime.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of road

Noun

This is an exciting time for the hotel, which was originally built to host guests arriving at the railroad station across the street.

— Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Neighbor saw ‘no kids at all’ The house where the children were found sits on a road tucked away alongside a steep railroad embankment, where tracks carry rumbling trains through Hamden.

— Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026