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railway

[rayl-way] / ˈreɪlˌweɪ /
NOUN
railroad
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Those points might represent cities, PCs, subway stations, or organs, while the connections could stand for highways, cables, railway lines, or blood vessels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Renfe is Spain's national state-owned railway company while Iryo is a private high-speed railway operator.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Among the local accommodations are a grand hotel built by the railway and major chains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Sunday's historic victory by the student-backed list came after two years of protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The obelisk is at the edge of Alexandria, near the Ramleh railway depot.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

“To have two fatal crashes on the same line suggests there are management failings on the railways system in Spain.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Almost two centuries after the Exeter train delay, solar storms continue to pose risks to railways and other essential infrastructure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Actually, governments are not very good at running railways," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

"We used to say that that during times of war we performed better than some railways in Europe in regular times,"the head of rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, told us.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Somewhere along the railways in the heart of the country, Seabiscuit slipped out of 1938.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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