street railway

collocation in English

meaningsofstreetandrailway

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street
noun[C]
uk
/striːt/us
/striːt/
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or ...
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railway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/
the metal tracks on which ...
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(Definition ofstreetandrailwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The request was successful despite strong opposition from thestreetrailwayowners, and the first vestibule law was passed that year.
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As originally built, the bridge carried a 20.5ft m wide timber roadway, with additional ability to carry astreetrailway.
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This latter attraction was one of thestreetrailwayindustry's first attempts to deal directly with automobile competition.
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In 1948 thestreetrailwaywas disbanded and the company became solely an electric company.
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Astreetrailwaywas installed in 1884, originally consisting of 69 horse-drawn trolleys.
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Thestreetrailwaycontinued to operate until 1938.
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To help facilitate visitation, an electricstreetrailwaywas built to the site by a company formed in 1888.
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The first, freight-onlystreetrailwaytrack was opened in 1854 to serve one of the industrial city suburbs.
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He fought thestreetrailwayinterest, demanding fares be lowered to three cents.
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Section 7 required the consent of local authorities before astreetrailwaycan be chartered.
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As automobile usage began to increase, freight began to be transported more by trucks, and thestreetrailwaycompany went bankrupt in 1927.
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He served as president of several companies, including astreetrailwaycompany.
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It remained relatively pastoral until thestreetrailwaywas built about 1910, when the population tripled over a fifteen-year period.
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By 1932, there were 82streetrailwaycompanies in 65 cities, with 1,479 km of track.
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Thestreetrailwaysystem was gradually phased out through the 1930s to make way for motorized coaches.
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Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, the city began replacing variousstreetrailwayroutes extending to surrounding municipalities with bus routes.
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He then turned his attention to business and began a varied career in banking,streetrailway, and gas supply.
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