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 Advertisement Spain’s rail infrastructure uses the German LZB (Linienzugbeeinflussung) system, a railway safety technology that monitors train speeds and sends traffic instructions to the driver’s cab. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 Oct. 2026 Spain’s rail traffic controllers’ union, SCF, is also urging the government to invest more in the railway safety system and accelerate its replacement with more modern technology. — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 The reputation of the Spanish railways already was tarnished when 46 people died in January after one train jumped the track and slammed into the side of another going the opposite way in southern Spain. — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Laying coils of fiber-optic cables is still much cheaper and, lawsuits notwithstanding, far easier a feat than building a new highway system or a railway network. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 29 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for railway

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Noun

The road will be closed until further notice, county officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
But the move left Angel City playing a home game on the road in an effort to avoid the road and play at home in the playoffs.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026