What's the difference between metro and railway?

Metro


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) … or a theatre and concert hall There are a total of 16 ghost stations on the Paris metro; stops that were closed or never opened.
  • (2) The Metro-Manila Developmental Screening Test (MMDST) is a Philippine version of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) for which norms were developed in 1980 on 6006 Filipino children.
  • (3) We will together face the terrorist menace,” said Jean-Claude Juncker , president of the European commission, whose headquarters lie just a few hundred metres from the metro.
  • (4) Despite the claims, the Pyongyang metro is indeed a functional system, running along two bisecting lines in the central and outer-western parts of Pyongyang.
  • (5) During the past 11 years, the Metro Toronto Glomerulonephritis Registry has prospectively followed all cases of glomerulonephritis starting from the time of biopsy.
  • (6) Current sanitary surveillance at the Moscow Metro was analyzed under the conditions of scientific and technical revolution.
  • (7) Moments later, Deputy Chief Tom Roberts, of Las Vegas Metro, defused the situation by delivering the announcement that Cliven Bundy's cattle would be returned within 30 minutes.
  • (8) Pearson's father, a retired air pilot, has been killed by a deranged mental patient who opened fire, apparently at random, on the crowds shopping at the Metro-Centre, a massive mall in the middle of this town.
  • (9) The first study examined the performance of 911 children, with histories of perinatal risk events, on a restandardized Philippine (Metro-Manila) version of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) which was developed in 1980.
  • (10) Belgian special forces arrested four people in the capital’s Place du Grand Sablonon Saturday afternoon, while the Brussels Metro system is expected to be shut down until Sunday afternoon at the earliest.
  • (11) Helena writes: First it was striking metro workers, now it is seamen.
  • (12) Back in 2001, the Guardian Media Group partnered with Associated to print Metro in Manchester, while Trinity Mirror joined forces with Associated in a similar arrangement in Liverpool and Cardiff in 2006.
  • (13) A British man missing in Brussels since suicide bomb blasts rocked the city’s airport and metro system has been confirmed dead.
  • (14) Setting off to the demonstration, he tweeted from the metro: “Yes, there is this house arrest.
  • (15) The England pilot – which is being run in the Tyne Tees and Borders region – will be contested by ITN's consortium, which is backed by Melvyn Bragg , which includes Johnston Press, Newsquest, Metro Radio and ITV Tyne Tees and Borders news staff.
  • (16) There is therefore an "urban bias" of food supply to Metro Manila, that is, there is a much higher demand capacity for Metro Manila to draw food supply because of its higher income level and bigger population.
  • (17) It has been twinned with London’s St Pancras Old church – close to the St Pancras Eurostar terminal – since 2007 • 5 rue de Belzunce, paroissesvp.fr Secrets Temple Ganesh Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy At the north end of the Gare du Nord, just past the elevated metro line, is a colourful Hindu temple dedicated to the god Ganesh.
  • (18) Most major cities sell travel cards valid for multiple journeys or a specific number of days that can be used across buses, trams and metros and result in small savings that really add up.
  • (19) He travelled into Brussels on the Metro every day and after we’d texted he must have gone straight out and got on the Metro that was attacked.
  • (20) Alstom, the French electricity generation and rail transport firm, is seeking contracts to work on expansion of the metro in Tehran, build two more lines in the city of Mashhad and participate in the electrification of the 600-mile Tehran-Mashhad railway.

Railway


Definition:

  • (n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
  • (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Trans-Siberian railway , the greatest train journey in the world, is where our love story began.
  • (2) "Speed is not the main reason for building the new railway.
  • (3) It is the biggest privatisation since John Major sold the railways in the 1990s.
  • (4) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
  • (5) The Conservatives have held back the development of garden cities on the scale necessary, but if Liberal Democrats are part of the next government, we will ensure at least 10 get under way – with up to five along this new garden cities railway, bringing new homes and jobs to the brainbelt of south-east England.” The Lib Dems insist they are planning to act in the national interest and are not motivated by electoral considerations.
  • (6) Demolition of a steel railway bridge was carried out by nine workers using flame-torch cutting.
  • (7) She consciously destroyed the workforces in places like the railways, for example, and the mines, and the steelworks … so that transition from adolescence to adulthood was destroyed, consciously, and knowingly.
  • (8) The railway between Norwich and Ely was blocked when strong winds caused power lines to fall across the tracks.
  • (9) Where the cycle track is signed to the left, continue on the footpath straight ahead, which runs beside the main railway - this will take you to Didcot station.
  • (10) A Department for Transport spokesman said the money was available now, adding that it was to deliver 10 projects along the western route, including works at Cowley Bridge in Exeter, which would improve the railway's ability to withstand extreme weather.
  • (11) Khan said the garden bridge could rival New York’s high line, a public park built on a 1.45-mile elevated former railway.
  • (12) Trains in the northern Netherlands were halted, Dutch Railways said.
  • (13) While we do have the safest railway in Europe, we have the oldest railway in Europe … It [HS2] is essential for growth."
  • (14) Britain's railway was being run at a cost 40% higher than in four comparable countries (France, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands).
  • (15) Martin Frobisher, the area director for Network Rail, said: "The Northern Hub and electrification programme is the biggest investment in the railway in the north of England for a generation and will transform rail travel for millions of passengers every year."
  • (16) The editor of the Sheffield Star has demanded an explanation as to why his reporter, Alex Evans, was warned off filming a protest against cuts to free travel provision for pensioners and disabled people by railway staff officers on Monday.
  • (17) An obvious comparison, made by Gensler, is with the High Line in New York, the phenomenally successful park made out of an old railway viaduct, which like the River Park is long and thin.
  • (18) The road is the main route into Leeds from the south and links the city centre and railways stations to the M1, M621 and M62 motorways.
  • (19) The role of South African Railways and Harbours in spreading disease and health care is examined.
  • (20) I came to an overpass and looked at the railway lines beneath me.