railway

noun

1) (track) Bahnlinie, die; Bahnstrecke, die

2) (system) [Eisen]bahn, die

work on the railway — bei der Bahn arbeiten

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noun

1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; (also adjective) a railway station.) die Eisenbahn; Eisenbahn...

2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) die Eisenbahn

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ˈrail·way

[ˈreɪlweɪ]

I. n esp BRIT

1. (train tracks) Gleise pl, Schienen pl

2. (rail system)

▪ the \railway[s] die [Eisen]bahn

he worked on the \railway[s] for forty years er hat vierzig Jahre bei der Bahn gearbeitet

the trans-continental/Trans-Siberian \railway die transkontinentale/Transsibirische Eisenbahn

II. n modifier (museum, tunnel) [Eisen]bahn-

\railway accident Eisenbahnunglück nt

\railway worker Bahnarbeiter(in) m(f)

\railway yard Rangierbahnhof m, Verschiebebahnhof m

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['reIlweɪ]

n (Brit)

(Eisen)bahn f; (= track) Gleis nt

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railway [ˈreılweı] besonders Br für academic.ru/60112/railroad">railroad A 1, A 2, A 3, B

rly abk railway

rwy abk railway

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noun

1) (track) Bahnlinie, die; Bahnstrecke, die

2) (system) [Eisen]bahn, die

work on the railway — bei der Bahn arbeiten

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(UK) n.

Eisenbahn f. (line) (UK) n.

Bahnlinie -n f. n.

Bahn -en f.