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# railway

«railway» in Mova's school dictionary: **a track made of metal rails for trains to run on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a railway, railways)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A railway is a track made of metal rails for trains to run on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#m1)

2) A railway is also the whole system of trains, tracks and stations, and the company that runs it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons railways changed travel and trade in the 1800s; in safety lessons you never play on or near railway lines and only cross at proper crossings. Phrases: «railway station», «railway line», «railway crossing», «model railway».

### examples

- We walked to the railway station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x1)
- Never play on the railway line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x2)
- The railway runs along the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x3)
- My grandad has a model railway in the attic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x4)
- Wait at the railway crossing until the barrier goes up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x5)
- The first railways were built in Britain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x6)
- The railway bridge goes over the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x7)
- It was a long journey at that time, for the railway had not been opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/#x8)

### note

Countable. Railway (UK, Australia) = railroad (US). Safety: trains are fast and quiet and cannot stop quickly; some railway lines carry electricity that can kill. Use bridges and crossings only.

### In the corpora

- [Think of a toy train set next to a real railway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/26-who-you-are-mova/3/)
- [If something falls onto the railway tracks, you never climb down; you tell a member of staff.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/270-trains-and-subways/4/)
- [Trains cannot stop quickly, and railway lines may be electrified, so you never play on or near them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/6/)
- [Electricity from overhead railway wires can jump to you, so you never climb on anything near them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/7/)
- [Electricity from overhead railway wires can jump through the air to a person nearby without them touching the wire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «railway» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railway/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.