railway line

Questions about railway line

What does railway line mean?

railway line means "line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for railway line?

Close synonyms include railway, railroad, railroad line, railway system, line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is railway line a common word?

railway line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.