(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use railroad )
The road ran beside a ~.
...a disused ~ line.
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2.
A ~ is a company or organization that operates ~ routes. (BRIT; in AM, use railroad )
...the state-owned French ~.
...the privatisation of the ~s.
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3.
A ~ is the system and network of tracks that trains travel on. (mainly AM)
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