ALL meanings of railway
rail·way
R r - noun railway a rail line with lighter-weight equipment and roadbed than a main-line railroad. 1
- noun railway a railroad, especially one operating over relatively short distances. 1
- noun railway Also called trackway. any line or lines of rails forming a road of flanged-wheel equipment. 1
- noun railway Chiefly British. railroad. 1
- noun railway railroad track, network 1
- noun railway railroad company 1
- countable noun railway A railway is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. 0
- countable noun railway A railway is a company or organization that operates railway routes. 0
- countable noun railway A railway is the system and network of tracks that trains travel on. 0
- noun railway a permanent track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers, for transport of passengers and goods in trains 0
- noun railway any track on which the wheels of a vehicle may run 0
- noun railway the entire equipment, rolling stock, buildings, property, and system of tracks used in such a transport system 0
- noun railway the organization responsible for operating a railway network 0
- noun railway of, relating to, or used on a railway or railways 0
- noun railway any track with rails for guiding wheels; specif., a road laid with parallel steel rails along which run passenger cars that are lighter than railroad cars 0
- abbreviation RAILWAY railroad 0