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railway

US /ˈreɪlˌweɪ/

noun Advanced · C1 Du lịch & lưu trú

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 platform
    describing 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 expansion
    describing urban railway network expansion (relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area)
  • Hard modernize obsolete railway infrastructure
    to modernize obsolete railway infrastructure, meaning to make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
  • Very Hard transcontinental railway corridor project
    describing transcontinental railway corridor project (spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent)

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