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electric railway

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meanings of electricand railway


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electric
adjective
uk /iˈlek.trɪk/ us /ɪˈlek.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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Examples of electric railway


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I understand that it was the first electricrailway in the world.
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It has not been very much interested in the electricrailway in part of its area and it has been largely neglected.
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Here we have an electricrailway, 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 and electricrailway undertakings.
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If anybody knows the comparative costs of running an electric tramway and running an electricrailway, it would be this company.
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The proper way of moving these vast numbers of people nowadays is by electricrailway.
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If it is to be developed as it should be, then we have got to have either a better electricrailway or a new road.
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I found that a new underground electricrailway was 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 light electricrailway, 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 an electricrailway happens to run through it.
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In 1978 the electricrailway closed, due to deterioration and the cost of repairs.
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The city agreed to a 30-year electricrailway in 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 an electricrailway, powered by overhead electric cables.
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It was created in 1883 and is the world's oldest operating electricrailway.
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The docks were opened in 1912 and with them the electricrailway.
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In 1907, funds were appropriated for an electricrailway.
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The area was one of the first on the island to be lit by electricity, using the supply from the electricrailway.
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Electricrailway lines were constructed in the area between 1888 and 1900.
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Increasing automobile ownership made electricrailway travel less convenient through the 1920s.
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