railway
A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
Other meanings
A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
Synonyms
- railroad
- railroad line
A kind of
- line
Kinds of railway
- cable railway
- rack railway
- elevated railway
- tube
- scenic railway
Related words
- antirailway
- interrailway
- nonrailway
- parkway
- prerailway
- railwaydom
- railwayish
- railwaylike
- railwaywoman
- aerial railway
- atmospheric railway
- cash railway
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “railway” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.