Synonyms for railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪrail·way

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1. railwaynoun

   A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles may travel.

   Synonyms:
   railroad track

2. railwaynoun

   A transport system using these rails used to move passengers or goods.

   Synonyms:
   railroad

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1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemnoun

   line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

   Synonyms:
   railway line, line, railroad track, railway system, railroad line, rail line, railroad

2. railroad track, railroad, railwaynoun

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   "he walked along the railroad track"

   Synonyms:
   railroad line, railroad, railway system, railway line, railroad track

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1. • Line
   • Track

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1. List of paraphrases for "railway":

   rail, railways, railroad, iron, trans-asian, railroads, train, cotif-cim, track-based, fer, kcrc

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1. Bob Casey:

   It’s bipartisan – that never happens around here on big bills, or rarely I should say. It would be a good start by Norfolk Southern to tell us today, in addition to what more they’re going to do for the people of Ohio and Pennsylvania, tell us today that they support the bill. That would help. If a major rail company said, ‘we support these reforms and will help you pass this bill,’ That’s what I think the people of both states deserve, we have a lot of work to do in the near term, but the future has to be about passing the Railway Safety Act.

2. Wang Wei:

   Chinese official have seldom promoted the beauty of the railway and trains, they have never taken pictures of what I've been taken.

3. Chen Huichao:

   A suspect was running from the exit of the railway station and chasing a woman and child who fell on the ground, it was really dangerous and we were afraid we would hurt (them).

4. Hu Jie:

   We've probably managed to reduce our logistics costs thanks to China Railway Express.

5. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   Considering that we are facing a rebellion by illegal migrants, police have done their job in a remarkable way, without using force, they have seized railway stations, refused to give fingerprints, failed to cooperate, and are unwilling to go to places where they would get food, water, accommodation and medical care ... They have rebelled against Hungarian legal order.