railway

Universal Words (BrE) (AmE railroad) noun 1 (BrE also railway line) a track with rails on which trains run: The railway is still under construction. * a disused railway 2 a system of tracks, together with the trains that run on them, and the organization and people needed to operate them: Her father worked on the railways. * a railway station / worker / company * the Midland Railway * a model railway