Sentence examples for use the railways from inspiring English sources

Supermarkets are starting to use the railways, which are often quicker than roads.

Ticket prices have risen so much that the only people who can really afford to use the railways are those who don't really need to.

Train firms got used to impressive growth in passenger numbers (more people now use the railways than at any time since the end of the second world war).

There is vague talk of encouraging frustrated motorists to use the railways, but there is little spare capacity on the trains either.

According to a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on 18 February 2010, it should provide data that can fill significant gaps in the department's current understanding of how passengers use the railways.

Rail minister Claire Perry said in a statement: We have seen record-breaking numbers use the railways in the past year, with 1.7 billion journeys completed in 2014, more than double the number recorded a decade ago.

Now around 143m use the railway annually.

A spokesman for London Underground said that it was often approached by production companies asking to use the railway as a backdrop for filming.

I am acutely conscious that many families would like to be able to use the railway to travel at Christmas (Rail passengers are set to face Christmas chaos, 31 October).

Google gave some insight into the scale of the program's reach when it revealed that over eight million people use the railway-based WiFi each month.

Mr Salmond also announced a feasibility study to look at ways to use the railway to boost tourism in the area.