Sentence examples for blocking the railway from inspiring English sources

When the children notice a landslide blocking the railway track, they know instantly they must do something.

Virgin Trains said a tree blocking the railway at Lockerbie was causing disruption to journeys and work was under way to remove it.

It says it is unlikely to run any trains until after 09 00 GMT on Monday, to ensure nothing is blocking the railway.

Some of the refugees began protesting against the policy by announcing a hunger strike and blocking the railway line running between Macedonia and Greece on Sunday.

Robert Gifford, executive director of PACTS, said: "The reports point to the need for a common methodology across road and rail in dealing with vehicles leaving the road and blocking the railways.

The strike attracted patchy support in Lima, but rather more in the southern Andes, where protesters blocked the railway to the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu.

About 1,000 protesters tried to block the railway and the main highway, and began throwing stones and firing shots at the police.

Last month, trains between Shanghai and Nanjing were interrupted for most of a day as protesters who lost money in a financial fraud blocked the railway.

Mr Tuleyev says he will "simply not allow" any further protests to block the railway.In fact, Mr Vorobiev makes a rather sober impression.

Panicked, Spetznaz tried to block the railway, their efforts part-hampered, part-helped by groups of sweaty local men in tracksuits, bearing hunting rifles and eager to get involved in the fight.

Taxi-drivers on the Macedonian side had blocked the railway line between the two countries, protesting over the priority given to trains and buses to take the migrants north to Serbia, while on the Greek side, farmers had parked dozens of tractors to demonstrate against planned pension reforms.