Vi fant 4 definisjoner av railway på engelsk.
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| railway - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | ||
| railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| cable railway, funicular, funicular railway a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | ||
| cog railway, rack railway railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction | ||
| elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway, el a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level | ||
| metro, subway system, subway, underground, tube an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" | ||
| monorail a railway having a single track | ||
| rail any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | ||
| railway - a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" | ||
| railroad track, railroad | ||
| track the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track | ||
| rail line, railway line, line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| broad gauge a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches | ||
| gantlet the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times | ||
| narrow gauge a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches | ||
| railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnout a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass | ||
| standard gauge railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches | ||
| switch the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tie an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" | ||
