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noun2) (system) [Eisen]bahn, die* * *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.) die Eisenbahn; Eisenbahn...2) ((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.) die Eisenbahn* * *ˈrail·way[ˈreɪlweɪ]2. (rail system)▪ the \railway[s] die [Eisen]bahnhe worked on the \railway[s] for forty years er hat vierzig Jahre bei der Bahn gearbeitetthe trans-continental/Trans-Siberian \railway die transkontinentale/Transsibirische Eisenbahn\railway accident Eisenbahnunglück nt\railway yard Rangierbahnhof m, Verschiebebahnhof m* * *['reIlweɪ]n (Brit)(Eisen)bahn f; (= track) Gleis nt* * ** * *noun2) (system) [Eisen]bahn, die* * *(UK) n.Eisenbahn f. (line) (UK) n.Bahnlinie -n f. n.Bahn -en f.
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