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underground railway

NOUN
railroad
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rail line railway subway
STRONG
line metro monorail tracks tube
WEAK
elevated railway streetcar line trolley line
NOUN
underground railroad
Synonyms
WEAK
subway underground route

Example Sentences

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There have been reports traffic lights not working and the underground railway system being evacuated in Madrid, and a similar power outage in Portugal.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

Gerald Norman Springer was born Feb. 13, 1944, in a London underground railway station being used as a bomb shelter.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Learn about trams, buses and the world’s oldest underground railway at this museum in Covent Garden.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Cars crawl through city streets dug up for the biggest public transport project Victoria has ever undertaken: the $11bn Metro underground railway project that will add stations and ease bottlenecks.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2018

I should think an underground railway would be a valuable institution to establish in connection with the Mormon city.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin