Sentence examples for hit rail from inspiring English sources

As terrorists have hit rail systems around the world, the police in New York have reacted with strategies tailored to thwart similar attacks.

The freezing weather in Belgium and northern France also hit rail services, including the cross-Channel Eurostar, which cancelled trains for the rest of the day.

Landslips in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire are hitting rail services.

On the day's first run — normally a mellow one, he says — "she was hitting rails and bombing down the mountain full speed, riding switch".

His head hit the rail fence and he landed on the turf on his forehead.

Orfevre hit the rail a few metres from the line but by then the Arc had already been lost.

Bob Black Jack, perhaps the fastest of them all, may have the first chance to hit the rail because he breaks from the No. 13 hole.

I moved ever so quietly to pick up my camera and then opened the back door, which hit a rail and made a loud crash.

Mike Weston, TfL's director of buses, said: "At around 13:00 an out-of-service route 131 double-decker bus, operated by London United, hit a rail bridge on Coombe Road near Norbiton station after taking a wrong turn.

June 24 2002: The Confederation of British Industry says the government "shot itself in the foot" and cost the taxpayer an extra £2bn by putting Railtrack into administration and introducing a tax on building materials that will hit the rail industry hardest.

He was similarly dismissive of those who voiced commercial reservations about the projected revenue from the canal, observing that shipping was being hit by rail freight and the industrial centres of the world may be moving away from Asia.