A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.
a road made by placing on the ground on a specially prepared track, continuous parallel lines of iron or steel rails, on which carriages with flanged wheels are run with little friction and consequently at high velocity
A permanent track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers for transport of passengers and goods in trains.
A railway is a transport system in which trains run on steel rails. On most railways, the tracks consists of two rails which are placed exactly 143.5 cm apart. This is called the standard gauge. Tracks with rails which are closer together are known as narrow gauge.