overhead railway

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The crane was being used to build an overhead railway that is part of a China-backed project to link Bangkok with neighbouring Laos, where a Chinese-built high-speed line is already running to south-western China.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

A fallen tree in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire caused significant damage to overhead railway lines - as a result, no trains are expected to run between Kilwinning and Largs/Adrossan on Thursday, Network Rail said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2022

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

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2021

The overhead railway was rattling and roaring its noisy way; the surface cars were clattering and clanging through the traffic; and every half-minute the subways were belching up cargoes of toilers into the open air.

From The Parts Men Play by Baxter, Arthur Beverley

I hear the electric cars and the clash of the overhead railway, I see the flaring lights of Broadway and I hear the babel of tongues.

From The Tempting of Tavernake by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)