Sentence examples for foreign railway from inspiring English sources

Recent visitor tells us they now have mural in corridor made of foreign railway posters, reading: "See India," "Climb the Pyrenees," and "visit Siam".

Fowler's was a long and eminent career, spanning most of the 19th century's railway expansion, and he was engineer, adviser or consultant to many British and foreign railway companies and governments.

As he travels through the leafy glades of Buckinghamshire, he may not realise that he is being transported courtesy of Chiltern Rail, which, like other train operating companies in the UK, is a wholly owned subsidiary of a foreign state railway, in this case Germany's.

They began direct attacks upon foreigners and on foreign-built railway and telegraph lines in late 1899.

British and other foreign firms constructed railways, streetcar systems, and electric networks, often getting guarantees of profits on their investments and other favourable concessions from local authorities.

The profitability of the agricultural sector attracted foreign capital for railways and industries.

But Mick Cash, general secretary of the RMT rail union, said the Eurostar sale could see more of the UK's railways in foreign hands.

But Abdülhamid's reign also made positive advances in education (including the renovation of Istanbul University in 1900); legal reform, led by his grand vizier Mehmed Said Paşa; and economic development, through the construction of railways in Asia Minor and Syria with foreign capital and of the Hejaz Railway from Damascus to Medina with the help of subscriptions from Muslims in other countries.

Majority ownership of a railway by a foreign company is subject to the regulator's approval.

The Which? survey also looked at foreign exchange at airports and railway stations, which showed that "captive" travellers received the worst rates.

The Beijing court therefore decided to nationalize some important railways in order to accelerate their construction by means of foreign loans, hoping that the expected railway profits would somehow alleviate the court's inveterate financial plight.