electric railway

collocation in English

meaningsofelectricandrailway

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electric
adjective
uk
/iˈlek.trɪk/us
/iˈlek.trɪk/
using electricity ...
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railway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/
the metal tracks on which ...
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(Definition ofelectricandrailwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I understand that it was the firstelectricrailwayin the world.
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It has not been very much interested in theelectricrailwayin part of its area and it has been largely neglected.
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Here we have anelectricrailway, or a glorified tramway.
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It is also proposed to ration all the large power stations from which power is supplied for tramway andelectricrailwayundertakings.
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If anybody knows the comparative costs of running an electric tramway and running anelectricrailway, it would be this company.
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The proper way of moving these vast numbers of people nowadays is byelectricrailway.
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If it is to be developed as it should be, then we have got to have either a betterelectricrailwayor a new road.
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I found that a new undergroundelectricrailwaywas under construction, that the main station was being rebuilt, and that banks were rebuilding and enlarging their premises.
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The current proposals are estimated as costing between £5 million and £10 million per kilometre and, in the case of the docklands lightelectricrailway, some £20 million per kilometre.
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It means that all idea of this branch of farming must be definitely abandoned over a very large area, just because anelectricrailwayhappens to run through it.
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In 1978 theelectricrailwayclosed, due to deterioration and the cost of repairs.
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The city agreed to a 30-yearelectricrailwayin 1893 following which the horse tramways disappeared.
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He assisted in experiments on the telephone, phonograph,electricrailway, iron ore separator, electric lighting, and other developing inventions.
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It was an advanced system for its time, being anelectricrailway, powered by overhead electric cables.
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It was created in 1883 and is the world's oldest operatingelectricrailway.
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The docks were opened in 1912 and with them theelectricrailway.
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In 1907, funds were appropriated for anelectricrailway.
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The area was one of the first on the island to be lit by electricity, using the supply from theelectricrailway.
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Electricrailwaylines were constructed in the area between 1888 and 1900.
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Increasing automobile ownership madeelectricrailwaytravel less convenient through the 1920s.
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