RAILWAY in a Sentence

Learn RAILWAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
108 example sentences for RAILWAY, such as:
1. On a railway journey Mrs.
2. The railway runs across the plain.
3. The railway is still under construction.
4. They pulled up soon at the railway station.
5. The railway line will soon reach to our town.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RAILWAY
railway
 n.  line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
 n.  a line of track providing a runway for wheels
Classic Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1  On another occasion an old white-haired gentleman had an interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Hammond--just like a trunk on the railway that belongs to somebody.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  On the crown of the knoll where the oaks had stood, now was bareness; and from there you could look out over the trees to the colliery railway, and the new works at Stacks Gate.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  The park gates, at the back, opened just near the level crossing of the colliery railway; the Shipley colliery itself stood just beyond the trees.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  They ran beside the railway, which was in a cutting below them.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
6  I dressed hurriedly, for I knew by experience that railway cases were seldom trivial, and hastened downstairs.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
7  A short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest residence of the great financier.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
8  They pulled up soon at the railway station.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
9  On the other side I saw the red signal-lamps of a railway.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
10  As he came up to me I made out that he was a railway porter.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
11  It's down in Kent, seven miles from Chatham and three from the railway line.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
12  We have had inquiries made as to any stranger seen on the country roads or at the railway station.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
13  I was thinking about the bad language of the railway porter.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
14  We were down there at a meeting and after the meeting was over we had to make our way to the railway station through the crowd.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
15  Stephen was once again seated beside his father in the corner of a railway carriage at Kingsbridge.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  Easy access to a railway network weighed heavily with us when we chose a site for the new factory.
2  The railway runs across the plain.
3  We'll rendezvous at the railway station tomorrow afternoon.
4  Such speed of travel was unimaginable before the railway age.
5  Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.
6  On a railway journey Mrs.
7  The railway line will soon reach to our town.
8  Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up.
9  The railway track will have to be cleared of vegetation if it is to be used again.
10  The boy was electrocuted when he wandered onto a railway track.
11  Many people travel to work each day by railway.
12  The railway is still under construction.
13  When Jim's uncle retired from the railway company, he was given a gold watch.
14  The driver promised to drive me to the railway station, yet he begged off at the last minute.
15  Smokers and nonsmokers can not be equally free in the same railway carriage.