railway company

collocation in English

meaningsofrailwayandcompany

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railway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/
the metal tracks on which ...
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company
noun
uk
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/us
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
an organization that sells goods or services in order to ...
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(Definition ofrailwayandcompanyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Despite the evident level of political hegemony exercised by the railway after 1860 simplistic divisions of interest between landowners andrailwaycompanyare unhelpful.
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In 1850 the fishing trade was non-existent and its establishment was dependent uponrailwaycompanyinitiatives.
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This new means of transportation demanded a strongly centralized organization, coordination, and a systematic effort to attain uniformity within the networks of eachrailwaycompany.
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We also wanted to respond to other operators by clarifying, in the safety directive, relations between therailwaycompanyand the entity carrying out maintenance.
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I do not know which company—it is the company of which he is a director—it is therailwaycompany.
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But this is not arailwaycompanyprimarily.
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The cause of the difficulty is a dispute between certain cattle dealers and therailwaycompany.
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Arailwaycompanyoperates, first, upon stock which was largely bought in the era before inflation took place.
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Are they covered if they are employed by therailwaycompanyand do they remain covered if they are employed by a sub-contractor?
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It could not be introduced by therailwaycompany.
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It was simply a case of blackmail, and therailwaycompanywere determined to resist it.
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They may wish to know the liability of therailwaycompanyin regard to personal injuries.
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Therailwaycompanywould still continue to exist as such.
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The trader may have a private siding into his works, but therailwaycompanymay not give the necessary accommodation for that private siding.
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This important matter has been under consideration, but therailwaycompanyare not in a position to make any definite proposals.
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If the agriculturist can house his workers, why cannot therailwaycompanydo so?
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I submit that the principle that arailwaycompanyshould have a monopoly of this sort is a wrong one.
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When persons connected with the vehicular traffic communicated with therailwaycompany, it was said that the arrangements would be altered.
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One was the case of a road made by arailwaycompany, and the other was the case of a road to docks.
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