overhead railway

Example Sentences

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In Wuppertal, known for its overhead railway, locals said their cellars had been flooded and power cut off.

From Reuters

A 12-year-old boy has died after an accident involving overhead railway power lines in Glasgow.

From BBC

The final stretch of New York’s High Line opened on Saturday, completing a 15-year project that has transformed the once derelict overhead railway into an urban park.

From The Guardian

In Third Avenue and Sixth Avenue, you find the overhead railway called "the Elevated."

From Project Gutenberg

The traveller, lately puzzled by overhead railways and awed by the immensity of sky-scrapers, no sooner reaches Boston than he finds himself once more in a familiar environment.

From Project Gutenberg