Synonyms for railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪrail·way

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1. railwaynoun

   A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles may travel.

   Synonyms:
   railroad track

2. railwaynoun

   A transport system using these rails used to move passengers or goods.

   Synonyms:
   railroad

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1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemnoun

   line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

   Synonyms:
   railway line, line, railroad track, railway system, railroad line, rail line, railroad

2. railroad track, railroad, railwaynoun

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   "he walked along the railroad track"

   Synonyms:
   railroad line, railroad, railway system, railway line, railroad track

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1. • Line
   • Track

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1. List of paraphrases for "railway":

   rail, railways, railroad, iron, trans-asian, railroads, train, cotif-cim, track-based, fer, kcrc

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1. Stephen Harper:

   But we understand, and it's important that everyone who's looking at this system understands, that this is an unusual situation where in the marketplace you have two large suppliers - the two big railway companies - where they have extraordinary market power, and we simply cannot accept outcomes where those two big companies would dictate to the market just what they think is satisfactory in their interests. That is not going to serve the wider interests of grain farmers or of the Canadian economy.

2. Canadian Labor Minister Kellie Leitch:

   I'm delighted to say that Unifor and Canadian National Railway have been able to come to a tentative agreement, cN will be running at full capacity tonight and tomorrow.

3. Sudhir Mishra:

   http://www.employment-news.net/ provides latest government jobs in railway, Engineering, Banking and other various sectors.

4. Simon George:

   It’s like it’s captured in time, it’s a really accurate map of where everything was, even down to the graffiti and the hedges. It’s as far from a Hornby model railway as you can get.

5. Graziano Delrio:

   I confirm the position I have always held from the start of this discussion: for me the railway network should not be privatised.