Sentence examples for railway miles from inspiring English sources

The number of railway miles per capita in Canada is among the world's highest.

Thousands of railway miles have been retired, particularly in the Prairie Provinces, but new railroads to the vast resources in the North have also been constructed, leaving the total track mileage relatively unchanged.

Ascent to the summit (a fairly level area of about 60 acres [24 hectares]) may be easily accomplished by trail, cog railway (8.75 miles [14 km]), or automobile toll road (18 miles [29 km]).

He was responsible for the building of the Great Western Railway – 152 miles from London to Bridgewater that took six years to build.

The Government wants Network Rail to focus on its main job of repairing, maintaining and running Britain's creaking Victorian-era railways – 20,000 miles of track, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and 6,300 level crossings.

He said it was regrettable that Transport Scotland had "shrunk back" the infrastructure specification of the Borders railway from 15.5 miles of double track to 9.5 miles.

A railway passes 50 miles to the north, but the nearest town is the tiny coastal settlement of Ceduna, about 200 miles to the southeast.

Shwebo is a rice-collecting centre on the railway about 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Mandalay.

Haltwhistle railway station, seven miles south-west, is the nearest, from where buses run to the site out of season.

Chiang Mai is the terminus of the railway of 467 miles (752 km) from Bangkok and is also linked to southern Thailand by road and air.

The modern, well-serviced Queen Alia International Airport is located near the tracks of the old Hejaz Railway, some 25 miles (40 km) south of the city.