railway's

Belonging to trains

Railway's is the possessive form of railway—a track system for trains or the company operating it.

The apostrophe indicates belonging: the railway's schedule, the railway's employees.

In American English, railroad is more common, making railway's sound slightly British or formal.

infrastructure

tracks

Marks showing passage

sleepers · ballast · crossings · junctions · sidings · bridges · tunnels · embankments · cuttings · gauges

operations

timetables

Charts of planned events

delays · maintenance · dispatching · signaling · ticketing · fares · connections · frequencies · punctuality · cancellations

heritage

nostalgia

Longing for the past

  • steamHeated water's gaseous form
  • preservationMaintaining something's condition
  • museumsInstitutions preserving cultural artifacts

enthusiasts · memorabilia · archives · history · restoration · vintage · liveries · nameplates · photographs · societies

ownership

assets

Owned items of value

holdings · concessions · franchises · leases · boundaries · surveying · acquisitions · deeds · parcels · corridors

Opposites
mode of transportation

railway'shighway's

Of a main road

road's · airline's · automobile's · car's · truck's

transport medium

railway'sairline's

Of a flight company

airplane's · ship's · canal's · aircraft's · vessel's

Phrases
Family

railway, railways

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G