/ ˈreɪlweɪ; NAmE / ( BrE ) ( NAmE rail·road ) noun
1.
( BrE also ˈrailway 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