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railway

[reyl-wey] / ˈreɪlˌweɪ /
NOUN
railroad
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A US government agency, the Development Finance Corporation, provided a roughly $550-million loan to LAR to upgrade the railway and scale up mineral transport.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The corridor's backbone is the historic Benguela railway, which runs west to east from Lobito to the Congolese border.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Raja Amin, a former railway union representative who is running as an independent candidate, said voters always bring up the issue of Gaza on the doorstep.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It won funding for a set of five railway stations between Cardiff and the River Severn - among the seven recently backed by the UK government.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“No. Only Maa and Baap will go. They have friends to stay with, but the railway fare is expensive.”

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan




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