railway
A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goodsA transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
» Where is the railway station?
Wo ist der Bahnhof?
Где железнодорожная станция?
Де вокзал?
Де знаходиться вокзал?
Meaning
2 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
Eisenbahn, Bahn
желе́зная доро́гаželéznaja doróga
залізни́цяzaliznýcja
(Commonwealth, Ireland, Philippines, UK)A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
Eisenbahnlinie, Gleis
желе́зная доро́гаželéznaja doróga, колея́kolejá, железнодоро́жный путьželeznodoróžnyj putʹ
ко́ліяkólija, залізни́чна ко́ліяzaliznýčna kólija
- line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
- a line of track providing a runway for wheels
Examples
225 sentencesWhere is the railway station?
Де вокзал?
ruГде железнодорожная станция?
deWo ist der Bahnhof?
He was injured in a railway accident.
ruОн пострадал в железнодорожной аварии.
Are we supposed to stop at a railway crossing?
ruНам надо остановиться на пересечении железных дорог?
Tom was a railway employee.
Tom is a railway employee.
Translations
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By meaning 2
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Origin
From rail + way.From rail + way.
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Forms
plural: railwaysSynonyms
15 synonyms- line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight:railroadrailroad linerailway linerailway system
- a line of track providing a runway for wheels:railroad trackrailroad