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railway

[reyl-wey] / ˈreɪlˌweɪ /
NOUN
railroad
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Take for instance the San Bernardino Santa Fe smokestack, a towering 189-foot-tall structure from the 1920s that fueled the nearby railway power plant until 1994.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Defibrillators were rolled out in Tube and railway stations across London.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The railway network had not made use of EU funding intended to improve safety.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"I expect both railway routes and Air China flights will increase, and there will be more exchanges and travel between people," said Zhao, who will be spending around a week in North Korea.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It was hard to be sure of the scale, but there was a labyrinth of shafts, tunnels, and railway lines running for miles underground.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz