railway platform

collocation in English

meaningsofrailwayandplatform

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railway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/
the metal tracks on which ...
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platform
adjective[before noun]
(of shoes) having a very thick high sole (= ...
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(Definition ofrailwayandplatformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The constables came down the back way and got on to therailwayplatform.
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I am sure that that is just what one would find on anyrailwayplatformtonight.
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It might be that everybody on arailwayplatformtried to get into the same coach.
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It is anyone's guess whether one waits longer these days on arailwayplatformor on a hospital trolley.
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On everyrailwayplatform, and throughout all the main towns, are large bins segregated for paper, plastics and other types of waste.
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That is to say, the exclusion does not apply to arailwayplatformbut it does apply to a cinema or theatre.
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It is very easy to criticise on the basis that mail bags are to be seen on arailwayplatform, but where can they be?
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I could not help recalling the astonishment of one man who made use of a computer—not really a sophisticated computer, but a talking weighing machine on arailwayplatform.
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A light gangway was established where therailwayplatformused to be, allowing access to the platform from the side of the bridge.
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The office building remains, but therailwayplatformhas been replaced by a parking garage.
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Because of its role in transporting coal cargo, itsrailwayplatformis thought to have once been the longest in the world during its heyday.
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During this time people dismantled heavy machinery, packed and loaded them on therailwayplatform, marked and accounted for with wiring diagrams.
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The film is named after a popular song about waiting at arailwayplatform.
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In 2009 therailwayplatformwas extended, almost doubling the size.
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This cottage also has its own privaterailwayplatform, which displays a name board.
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Despite large local preservationist opinion campaigns, therailwayplatformwas dynamited in 1970.
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Gorakhpur railway station also has the distinction of being the world's longestrailwayplatformat 4483ft m.
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Then a railway was built in the 1900s (decade) and arailwayplatformwas built in 1914.
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The transfer itself was the lowest point of his incarceration, as a crowd jeered and spat at him on therailwayplatform.
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