The phrase "a railway from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the origin point of a railway line or the starting location of a railway service.
Example: "The city plans to construct a railway from the downtown area to the airport to improve transportation options."
Alternatives: "a train line from" or "a rail connection from".
A railway from Lagos traverses Niger state.
Modern industries, including cotton textiles, breweries, and rice mills, began with the building of a railway from Seoul in 1914.
Vale, a Brazilian mining firm, is building a railway from Beira, in Mozambique, that juts into Malawi.
In 1970 75 China built a railway from the Copperbelt to Dar es Salaam, which committed Zambia and Tanzania to extensive trade with China.
Extension of a railway from Kayes, Mali, to Dakar (completed in 1923) diverted traffic that previously went by river, after which the valley declined in economic importance.
Engineers have all the plans ready for a railway from the town of Tripoli to the Kuka, with the object of opening up the hinterland.
In 1873, the Parliament of Sweden voted to build a narrow gauge railway from Torpshammar to the Norwegian border; there was already a railway line from Torpshammar to Sundsvall, the Sundsvall Torpshammars Railway.
A railway ran from Haifa on the Mediterranean coast to join the main railway from Istanbul to Deraa, which crossed the Jordan River before passing Beisan to enter the Judean Hills at Jenin.
Samsun is the terminus of a railway line from inner Anatolia, through which iron ore is brought from Divriği.
A railway coming from the east through the Palghat Gap in the Western Ghats meets with a railway running from north to south through the state and on to Kanniyakumari, the southernmost town of India.
A railway line from Prague runs across the mountains and branches off to Görlitz (Germany) and Wrocław (Poland).
