railway: translation
(BrE) (AmE railroad) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ mainline (esp. BrE)
▪ high-speed
▪ disused (BrE)
▪ narrow-gauge, standard-gauge
▪ miniature (BrE), model
▪ He created a model railway in his basement.
▪ funicular (esp. BrE)
▪ Tourists can take the funicular railway to the top of the mountain.
▪ commuter, passenger, tourist
▪ freight (esp.AmE)
▪ private, regional, state
▪ short-line (AmE), transcontinental
▪ electric, steam
VERB + RAILWAY/RAILROAD
▪ manage, operate, run
▪ nationalize, privatize (both BrE)
▪ build, construct
▪ close, open
▪ regulate
RAILWAY/RAILROAD + VERB
▪ run
▪ carry sth
▪ The railways carry millions of tons of freight every year.
RAILWAY/RAILROAD + NOUN
▪ car (AmE), carriage (BrE), coach (esp. BrE), train, wagon (BrE)
▪ depot, station, terminus (esp. BrE), yard
▪ platform (esp. BrE)
▪ ticket (esp. BrE)
▪ timetable (esp. BrE)
▪ service (esp. BrE)
▪ connection
▪ journey, travel (both esp. BrE)
▪ the pleasures of railway travel
▪ passenger, traveller (BrE)
▪ employee, porter, staff (BrE), worker
▪ architect, engineer
▪ authorities (BrE), company
▪ network, system
▪ line (esp. BrE), track
▪ junction, sidings
▪ bridge, crossing, tunnel, viaduct (esp. BrE)
▪ enthusiast (esp. BrE)
▪ He is a lifelong railway enthusiast.
▪ accident
▪ age (esp. BrE)
▪ Such speed was unimaginable before the railway age.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the railway
▪ They are doing maintenance work on the railway.
▪ He works on the railways.
▪ railway between
▪ the railway between Funchal and Monte
▪ railway from, railway to