railway

rail·way

 (rāl′wā′)

n.

1. A railroad, especially one operated over a limited area: a commuter railway.

2. A track providing a runway for wheeled equipment.

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railway

(ˈreɪlˌweɪ) or

railroad

n

1. (Railways) a permanent track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers, for transport of passengers and goods in trains

2. (Railways) any track on which the wheels of a vehicle may run: a cable railway.

3. (Railways) the entire equipment, rolling stock, buildings, property, and system of tracks used in such a transport system

4. (Railways) the organization responsible for operating a railway network

5. (Railways) (modifier) of, relating to, or used on a railway or railways: a railway engine; a railway strike.

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rail•way

(ˈreɪlˌweɪ)

n.

1. a railroad using lightweight equipment or operating over short distances.

2. a line of rails forming a road for flanged-wheel equipment.

3. Chiefly Brit. railroad.

[1770–80]

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railway

• Main Line - The principal line of a railway (1841), it also has the meaning "affluent area of residence" (1930s), originally that of Philadelphia, from the "main line" of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which added local stops to a string of backwater towns west of the city in late 19th century that helped turn them into fashionable suburbs.
• one-track mind - Is a reference to the railway.
• railway - The word was first recorded in 1776, but the first actual railway opened nearly 50 years later, in 1825.
• sidetrack - First used for a railway siding or a minor track or path.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	railway - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system cable railway, funicular, funicular railway - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars cog railway, rack railway - railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway, el - a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier metro, subway, subway system, underground, tube - an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" monorail - a railway having a single track rail - short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety" scenic railway - small railway in an amusement park
	2.	railway - a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" railroad track, railroad broad gauge - a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches gantlet - the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times rail line, railway line, line - the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed narrow gauge - a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnout - a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass standard gauge - railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches switch - railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tie - one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" rails, runway, rail, track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll track - a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

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Translations

خَط سِكَّة حَديدخُطوط سِكَّة الحَديدسّكَةٌ حَدِيدِيَّة

železniceželezničnídráhakolej

jernbanejernbane-jernbanen

EisenbahnGleisBahn

σιδηρόδρομος

ferrocarrilvíariel

rautatierata

chemin de ferferroviaire

željeznica

vasút

járnbraut

ferrovia

鉄道線路

철도

railspoorweg

jernbanespor

kolej

caminho-de-ferroferrovia

железная дорогажелезнодорожный

železničný

järnväg

รางรถไฟ

demir yollarıdemir yoludemiryolu

đường sắt

铁路铁路部门铁道

railway

[ˈreɪlweɪ] (Brit)

A. N (= system) → ferrocarril m, ferrocarriles mpl; (as track) → vía f, vía f férrea

B. CPD railway bridge N → puente m de ferrocarril
railway carriage N → vagón m, coche m (de ferrocarril)
railway engine N → máquina f, locomotora f
railway line N (= route) → línea f ferroviaria or de ferrocarril; (= track) → vía f (férrea)
railway network N → red f ferroviaria
railway porter N → mozo m
railway station N → estación f (de ferrocarril)
railway timetable N → horario m de trenes
railway track N → vía f (férrea)
railway yard N → cochera f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

railway

[ˈreɪlweɪ] (British)

n

(= track) → voie f ferrée

(= line) → ligne f de chemin de fer
the railway to Addis Ababa → la ligne de chemin de fer jusqu'à Addis-Abeba

(= form of transport) → chemin m de fer
since the invention of the railway → depuis l'invention du chemin de fer

(= company, organization) → compagnie f ferroviaire, chemins mpl de fer
the privatization of the railways → la privatisation des chemins de fer

modif [company, industry, service] → ferroviaire; [embankment] → de la voie ferrée; [journey] → en train; [link] → ferroviaire railway crossing, railway workerrailway bridge n (British) → pont m ferroviairerailway carriage n (British) → voiture frailway crossing n → passage m à niveaurailway engine n (British) → locomotive frailway line n (British) (= route) → ligne f de chemin de fer (= track) → voie f ferrée

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

railway

n (Brit) → (Eisen)bahn f; (= track) → Gleis nt

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railway

(Brit):

railway carriage

n → Eisenbahnwagen m

railway crossing

n → Bahnübergang m

railway engine

n → Lokomotive f

railway engineering

n → Bahntechnik f, → Bahnbautechnik f

railway guide

n → Kursbuch nt

railway line

n → (Eisen)bahnlinie f; (= track) → Gleis nt

railwayman

n → Eisenbahner m

railway network

n → Bahnnetz nt

railway porter

n → Gepäckträger(in) m(f)

railway station

n → Bahnhof m

railwaywoman

n → Eisenbahnerin f

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railway

[ˈreɪlˌweɪ]

1. n (system) → ferrovia; (track) → strada ferrata

2. adj (bridge, timetable, network) → ferroviario/a

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rail

(reil) noun

1. a (usually horizontal) bar of metal, wood etc used in fences etc, or for hanging things on. Don't lean over the rail; a curtain-rail; a towel-rail. reling قَضيب مَعْدَني релса barra zábradlí; držák das Geländer, die Stange stang; -stang κάγκελο, βέργα, κρεμάστραbarra põikpuu میله؛ نرده kisko barre, tringleמעקה रेल, पटरी rešetka, pregrada tartó jeruji rimill, rið sbarra, asta; staccionata, parapetto 横棒 울타리 turėklas, karnizas, skersinis marga; šķērskoks; pakaramais palang gantungan stang, rek, railrekkverk, gelender, stangporęcz, balustrada پټلۍ(اورګاډى)، ريل، دكټارو ميلي barra bară; balustradă; suport реика; перекладина zábradlie; držadlo drog šipka stång, räcke ราว parmaklık, askılık, ... asacağı 欄杆，窗簾吊桿 поруччя, перила لوہے یا لکڑی کی پٹری tay vịn 横杆

2. (usually in plural) a long bar of steel which forms the track on which trains etc run. spoor خُطوط سِكَّة الحَديد релси trilho kolejnice die Schiene skinne σιδηροτροχιά carril, raíl rööbas ریل؛ خط آهن kiskot rail מְסִילַת בַּרזֶל पटरी šine, tračnice sín rel járnbrautarteinn rotaia レール 철도의 레일 bėgis sliede[] landasan railjernbaneskinneszyna ريل، دكټارو ميلي carril şină рельсы koľajnice tračnica šina skena, räls รางรถไฟ ray, demiryolu rayı 火車鋼軌 залізнична колія ریل کی پٹری thanh ray 钢轨

verb

(usually with in or off) to surround with a rail or rails. We'll rail that bit of ground off to stop people walking on it. afkamp, afskort يُسَيِّج بالقُضْبان заграждам gradear ohradit mit einem Geländer umgeben indhegne κλείνω με κιγκλίδωμα cercar piirdega ääristama نرده کشی کردن asentaa kaiteet entourer d'une grille, d'une clôture לִתחוֹם בְּמַעֲקֶה छड़ से घेरना ograditi stupićima elkerít memagari girða af með grindum (munire di sbarre/staccionate/parapetti) さくで囲む 울타리를 치다 aptverti, atitverti nožogot ar margām u.tml. menghalang afrasteren sette opp stakitt, gjerde inn odgrodzić ښكنځل، ځورول، سپكى سپورى ويل، سپك ويل، پيغوروركول، زياړى كول gradear огораживать ohradiť ograditi ograditi inhägna ใส่ราว parmaklıkla çevirmek 用欄杆圍住 обгороджувати перилами, відгороджувати جنگلا یا کٹہرا لگانا rào lại 用栏杆围住

ˈrailing noun

(usually in plural) a fence or barrier of (usually vertical) metal or wooden bars. They've put railings up all round the park. relings, afskortings درابْزين перила gradeamento hrazení das Geländer rækværk; indhegning κιγκλίδωμαverja, enrejado tara نرده گذاری kaide grille, clôtureמעקה रेलिंग stupići korlát pagar grindverk grata, cancellata さく 울타리, 난간 užtvara, turėklas, barjeras iežogojums; margas pagar afrasteringgjerde, rekkverkpłot, balustrada دريل پټلۍ، كټاره، جارګى، سپكى سپورى gradeamento grilaj, îngrăditură ограда zábradlie, ohrada ograja ograda staket, räcke[n] ราวลูกกรง parmaklık, çit 欄杆 огорожа, поруччя باڑ rào chắn 栏杆

ˈrailroad noun

(American) a railway. treinspoor خَط سِكَّة حَديد жп линия estrada de ferro železnice die Eisenbahn jernbane σιδηρόδρομοςferrocarril raudtee راه آهن؛ خط آهن rautatie chemin de fer מְסִילַת בּרזֵל रेलमार्ग, रेलवे željeznica vasút rel kereta api járnbraut ferrovia 鉄道 철도 geležinkelis dzelzceļš laluan kereta api spoorwegjernbanekolej داورګاډى لار، داوسپنې پټلۍ داورګاډو په لارو ړل اوراوړل caminho de ferro cale ferată железная дорога železnica železnica železnička pruga järnväg ทางรถไฟ demir yolu 鐵路 залізниця; залізнична колія ریلوے لاءن đường xe lửa 铁路

ˈrailway , (American) ˈrailroad noun

1. a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run. They're building a new railway; (also adjective) a railway station. trein خَط سِكَّة حَديد жп линия ferrovia železnice; železniční die Eisenbahn; Eisenbahn... jernbane; jernbane- σιδηρόδρομοςvía; línea de ferrocarril raudtee راه آهن rautatie chemin de ferרכבת रेलमार्ग željeznička postaja vasút jalan kereta api járnbraut ferrovia 鉄道 철도(선로) geležinkelis dzelzceļš landasan kereta api spoorwegjernbane linia kolejowa دكټارو ميلي caminho de ferro (de) cale ferată железная дорога železnica; železničný železnica železnica järnväg รางรถไฟ demir yolu 鐵路 залізнична колія ریل کی پٹری đường sắt 铁路

2. (sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc. He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries. spoorweë خُطوط سِكَّة الحَديد железница ferrovias železnice; dráha die Eisenbahn jernbanen οργανισμός σιδηροδρόμων ferrocarriles raudtee راه آهن rautatieverkosto chemin de fer הָרַכֶּבֶת रेलवे željeznica vasút perusahaan kereta api járnbraut ferrovia 鉄道事業 철도 회사 geležinkelis dzelzceļš pengangkutan kereta api spoorwegenjernbanekolej دكټارو ميلي os caminhos de ferro căi ferate железная дорога železnica železnica železnica järnväg ระบบทางรถไฟ demir yolları 鐵路局 залізниця ریلوے سے منسلکہ تمام کام ngành đường sắt 铁路部门

by rail

by or on the railway. goods sent by rail. per spoor بواسِطَة القِطار по влак por via férrea dráhou mit der Bahn med jernbane; med tog με το σιδηρόδρομο por ferrocarril rongiga با قطار؛ از طریق راه آهن kiskoilla par voie ferrée בַּרַכֶּבֶת रेलमार्ग से željeznicom, vlakom vasúton dengan kereta api með lest per ferrovia 鉄道で 기차로 geležinkeliu pa dzelzceļu dengan kereta api per spoor med toget/jernbanen koleją له کتار por via férrea cu trenul по железной дороге železnicou, po železnici po železnici železnicom med järnväg (tåg) โดยทางรถไฟ demir yoluyla 透過火車 залізницею بذریعہ ریل گاڑی bằng đường xe lửa 乘火车

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railway

→ سّكَةٌ حَدِيدِيَّة železnice jernbane Gleis σιδηρόδρομος ferrocarril rautatie chemin de fer željeznica ferrovia 鉄道 철도 spoorweg jernbane kolej caminho-de-ferro, ferrovia железная дорога järnväg รางรถไฟ demiryolu đường sắt 铁道

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• What's the best way to get to the train station? (US)
  What's the best way to get to the railway station? (UK) → مَا هُوَ الطَرِيقُ الَأفْضَلُ لِِِِلْوُصولِ إِلى مَحَطَةِ القطارِ؟ → Jak se nejlépe dostanu na vlakové nádraží? → Hvad er den bedste vej til banegården? → Wie komme ich am besten zum Bahnhof? → Ποιος είναι ο καλύτερος τρόπος για να πάω στο σιδηροδρομικό σταθμό; → ¿Cuál es la mejor ruta para ir a la estación de tren? → Miten pääsee parhaiten rautatieasemalle? → Quel est le meilleur chemin pour aller à la gare ? → Koji je najkraći put do željezničke postaje? → Qual è il modo migliore per raggiungere la stazione dei treni? → 鉄道駅へ行く一番よい方法は何ですか？ → 기차역에 가는 가장 좋은 방법은 무엇인가요? → Hoe kom ik het makkelijkst bij het treinstation? → Hva er den beste måten å komme seg til togstasjonen på? → Jaka jest najlepsza droga do stacji kolejowej? → Qual é o melhor caminho para se chegar à estação de trem? → Как лучше всего добраться до железнодорожного вокзала? → Vilket är bästa sättet att ta sig till tågstationen? → วิธีไหนที่ดีที่สุดที่จะไปสถานีรถไฟ? → Tren istasyonuna en kolay nasıl gidebilirim? → Đến ga tàu hỏa bằng cách nào là tốt nhất? → 去火车站怎么走最方便？

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