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elevated railway

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elevated railway
n.
A railway that operates on a raised structure in order to permit passage of vehicles or pedestrians beneath it.
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Noun1.elevated railwayelevated railway - a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
elevated, elevated railroad, overhead railway, el
railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
chute-the-chute, roller coaster, big dipper - elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
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Beyond these newspaper buildings again, and partially hidden by the arches of the old Elevated Railway of New York (long since converted into a mono-rail), there was another cordon of police and a sort of encampment of ambulances and doctors, busy with the dead and wounded who had been killed early in the night by the panic upon Brooklyn Bridge.
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