Thesaurus results for RAILWAY

railway

noun

ˈrāl-ˌwā

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 Crucially, as reported by EuroNews, travelers will be able to apply for compensation for any issues throughout their journey, even if a problem happens on a different railway company. —

Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Colin Gradwell is a chartered mechanical engineer and railway integration specialist with more than 30 years of experience delivering complex transport systems around the world. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026 Experts say these hybrid tactics include cyber attacks, border incursions and sabotaging everything from undersea cables to civilian railways. —

Alexander Smith, NBC news, 29 May 2026 Underneath the railway arches in Bermondsey, the cheeses of Neal’s Yard sit maturing in a beloved institution that has nurtured, connected, championed, educated, and sold around 550 tons of British cheese a year in every corner of the cheese world. —

Olivia Potts, Longreads, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for railway

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County officials said the money would be used to repair roads, fix storm damage, maintain bridges and manage roadside vegetation.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Chart your own path through American history across the 33 miles of roads and 1,328 monuments on the battlefield, view hallowed ground from atop the Pennsylvania Memorial and see where President Abraham Lincoln gave his historic address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026