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1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) železnica2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) železnica* * *I [réilwei]nounBritish English železniška proga, železnicaat railway speed — s hitrostjo železnice, figuratively z veliko hitrostjo, bliskovito, hitrocable-railway, electric street railway, elevated railway, narrow-gauge railway, rack-railway, suspended railway, underground railway — žična, električna cestna, nadzemeljska, ozkotirna, zobata, viseča, podzemeljska železnicaII [réilwei]adjectiveželezniškirailway board — žel. direkcijarailway car — železniški voz, vagonrailway company — žel. družbarailway crossing — žel. križiščerailway-engine — žel. lokomotivarailway gauge — širina žel. tirarailway guard — žel. čuvaj ali sprevodnikrailway guide British English žel. vozni redrailway junction — žel. križiščerailway-line — žel. progarailway sleeper — žel. pragrailway station — žel. postajarailway switch — žel. kretnicarailway ticket — žel. vozovnicarailway time-table — žel. vozni redrailway terminus — končna žel. postajarailway traffic — žel. prometIII [réilwei]intransitive verbpotovati, peljati se z železnico; graditi železniške proge
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