Synonyms of railways

railways

noun

plural of railway

as in roads

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel

a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roads
• railroads
• rails
• elevated railroads
• els
• monorails
• elevateds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of railways

Uganda then had a large population of Indian immigrants, who had been brought over by the British at the end of the nineteenth century to help construct railways, and who eventually established more economic autonomy and power than Black Ugandans. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

These have included arson, high-profile hacks, GPS jamming as well as sabotage actions against key infrastructure, including undersea communication cables, logistics centers and railways. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

The city was also brimming with foreign workers living in camps in and around Dresden, who had been brought in to work on the railways since so many German men were off fighting. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Finch argues that because kudzu is most aggressive along roads, railways, and forest edges, the vine has become hyper-visible in the age of the automobile. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026

Those facilities provide drydocks, shiplifts, railways and pier-side support for Navy and government vessels. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

The Lobito Corridor is an economic artery comprised of ports, railways, processing facilities, and logistics hubs connecting the Angolan port of Lobito with the mineral-rich Katanga region of the DRC and northern Zambia. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

More than 14 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period in parts of Chiba, which sits east of Tokyo, overwhelming roads and railways during one of Japan's busiest holiday travel weeks. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

The Central province was the hardest hit by that cyclone and the government is struggling to rebuild roads, railways and houses in the region. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026