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Noun: railway line
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad line)
  1. System of transportation using trains to pull passengers or freight
    "he travelled by railway line"; "he was concerned with railway line safety";
    - railway [Brit, Cdn], railroad [N. Amer], railroad line [N. Amer], railway system [Brit, Cdn], rail
     
  2. The road consisting of railway track and roadbed
    - line, rail line, railroad line [N. Amer]

Derived forms: railway lines

Type of: line, road, route

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