railway train

Cars on tracks

A railway train is a connected series of vehicles running on tracks, typically pulled by a locomotive.

The phrase is somewhat formal or old-fashioned; in everyday speech, most people simply say train.

The railway train pulled into the station just after noon.

Related

station · carriage · Pullman car · conductor · sleeper · transcontinental railroad · industrial revolution · platform · all aboard · engine · Orient Express · signal · monorail · bogie · Shinkansen · level crossing · coupler · boxcar

Opposites
mode of transport

railway trainhelicopter

Rotary-wing aircraft

bicycle · private car · airplane · aircraft · ship

mobility and constraint

railway trainoff-road vehicle

Transport for unpaved terrain

all-terrain vehicle · airplane · bird · pedestrian · wanderer

Family

railway, train, rail, rails, railed, railing, railings, way, ways

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G