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Also known as rail-road, rail road, rail-way, fixed rail, rail way, railroad

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A railway is a system of transportation that uses trains traveling on tracks to move passengers and freight over land. Railways matter because they provide an efficient and important way to transport large numbers of people and goods across distances, making them a key part of modern infrastructure and economies.

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topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Trains
topic's main category
Category:Railroads
different from
railway company
topic has template
Template:Infobox rail
OpenStreetMap tag
route=railway
Commons category
Rail transport
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
has characteristic
main line
compatible with
rolling stock
partially coincident with
enterprise
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REDIRECT Rail transport

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