Sentence examples for the railways on from inspiring English sources

The late 1830s and early 1840s had seen increased competition between the Bridgewater Canal on the one hand, and other canal companies and the railways on the other.

We have had strikes on the railways, on the London underground and in art galleries, as well as many in construction and other private sectors.

The railways, on the other hand, have acquired the marketing brio of air carriers, offering a dizzying array of discounts and single-country passes that can be a better deal — or at least less tiring — than the classic Eurailpass, now weighing in at $975 (or a youth fare of $634) for the challenge of seeing up to 18 countries in 30 days.

Les Bright Exeter, Devon  Listening to Ed Balls declaring his intention to run the railways on non-ideological lines (Beware the dead hand, 30 June), it became clear he is not simply guilty of "parking" good ideas but that he does not have any of his own.

He said 4.5 million passengers use the railways on average every day, compared with two million a day over the Christmas and New Year holiday.

This role absorbed most of his time after the committee took over control of the railways on 1 September 1939.

You crossed the railway on a wooden footbridge.

The railway on the west side of the canal was restored in the 1970s.

Southern Rail said that the railway on the Redhill Line out of London was blocked at around 5 20pm near Merstham Tunnel.

The EU gave £2.7m towards the railway, on the understanding that 40 full-time and 65 part-time jobs would be created.

Water flowing out of the swollen Thames has flooded the railway on the Windsor line into London, where it passes through Datchet.