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railway

[rayl-way] / ˈreɪlˌweɪ /
NOUN
railroad
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Pictures show that a long piece of railway track had speared through one of the carriages.

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

Eli P. Clark made big money as a railway pioneer in Los Angeles and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The glaring prison fence was close to a railway bridge over a river, which should have been the turning-back point.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

The AI build-out hasn’t yet shown it can avoid the problems of past massive capital projects, such as railways and the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 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

According to a study by the consulting firm BCG, AI in railways could save $36 billion to $79 billion in costs and add $20 billion to $50 billion in additional annual revenue worldwide.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“It’s about labor. The good things that were achieved—the railways, for example—but also how labor was exploited and the lengths the colonial enterprise went to.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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