railway
US /ˈreɪlˌweɪ/
Definition
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The new railway will connect the airport directly to the city center.
Synonyms
- railroadline that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
- train trackhaving a meaning similar to railway
Collocations
- Easy railway station platformdescribing railway station platform (line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight)
- Medium urban railway network expansiondescribing urban railway network expansion (relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area)
- Hard modernize obsolete railway infrastructureto modernize obsolete railway infrastructure, meaning to make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
- Very Hard transcontinental railway corridor projectdescribing transcontinental railway corridor project (spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent)
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