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Definition of Railway
1. Noun. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight.
Specialized synonyms: Cable Railway, Funicular, Funicular Railway, Cog Railway, Rack Railway, El, Elevated, Elevated Railroad, Elevated Railway, Overhead Railway, Metro, Subway, Subway System, Tube, Underground, Monorail, Rail, Scenic Railway
Generic synonyms: Line
Derivative terms: Railroad, Railroad
2. Noun. A line of track providing a runway for wheels. "He walked along the railroad track"
Specialized synonyms: Broad Gauge, Gantlet, Narrow Gauge, Railroad Siding, Sidetrack, Siding, Turnout, Standard Gauge, Switch
Group relationships: Line, Rail Line, Railway Line
Terms within: Crosstie, Railroad Tie, Sleeper, Tie, Rail, Rails, Runway, Track
Generic synonyms: Track
Derivative terms: Railroad, Railroad
Definition of Railway
1. a railroad [n -WAYS]
Medical Definition of Railway
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1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway.
2. The road, track, etc, with al the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc, pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.
Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the commoner word in the United States.
In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably: Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See Atmospheric, Elevated, etc. Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable. Perry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water course. Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by stationary engines. Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives. Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels fitted for running on a railway. Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars. Railway slide. See Transfer table.