Sentence examples for system of railways from inspiring English sources

Rapid transit, system of railways, usually electric, that is used for local transit in a metropolitan area.

It is also an important base of heavy industry with an extensive system of railways, and it is rich in natural resources (iron ore, coal, and oil).

When the Dutch blockaded port traffic, the Belgians were forced to turn to a system of railways constructed according to plans and technologies supplied by George Stephenson.

Light rail transit, system of railways usually powered by overhead electrical wires and used for medium-capacity local transportation in metropolitan areas.

Depots are components of a larger infrastructure system of railways, but to a far lesser frequency and number these days.

Cover title: Map of Cuba, Porto Rico, and Jamaica : with map of the Plant System of railway, steamer, and steamship lines and connections.

The present terminus of the line is at Buitenzorg; but surveys have been made, and it is the intention to push the line forward and form a connection with the system of railway in the eastern part of the island.

Is the defendant, a railway company, duly chartered and organized in 1870 under the laws of the territory of Colorado, for the purpose of locating, constructing, and operating an extensive system of railway and telegraph lines, entitled to the benefits of the act of congress approved March 3, 1875, ( 18 Stat.

CVRD also owns one of the largest systems of railways and ports in Brazil, as well as an international shipping line, Docenave.

So a principal beneficiary of our system of privatised railways (one of Branson's colleagues let slip that the West Coast franchise was "a licence to print money") may have brought about its undoing.

For this reason, the control strategy provides a highly robust and adaptive control scheme even if the adhesion conditions or system parameters of railway vehicle shift.