Railway and Tube

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Railway noun - A roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel.

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Tube and railway are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tube" instead a noun "Railway".

Tube noun - An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).

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Railway and tube are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Railway" instead a noun "Tube".

Nearby Words: tub, tuber, tubed, tubing

The Docklands Light Railway is a separate system — almost entirely above the surface, run by a different company and has a different power system — but is shown on the tube map and counted as a tube line for ticketing purposes.

Source: Useful Notes / The London Underground
Southern Railway- Electrified its suburban lines with third rail (the sheer presence of the lines there, plus the unsuitable geology means that there isn't much Tube-wise south of the River Thames).

Source: Useful Notes / National Rail
A codename for a plan is that of a former Metropolitan Railway station, "incorrectly" described as an old Tube station — it's well out of London and left the network before London Underground was fully created.

Source: Useful Notes / The London Underground

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