Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heritage railway

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: her-itage rail-way
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A railway operating a line with preserved and restored locomotives, trains and infrastructure, and usually providing train services for visitors; in effect a working open-air museum.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The heritage railway [Isle of Wight Steam Railway] argued that passenger numbers on both operators would increase, bringing economic benefit to a deprived area of the town [of Ryde]."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

heritage railways (plural)

Questions

What does heritage railway mean?: A railway operating a line with preserved and restored locomotives, trains and infrastructure, and usually providing train services for visitors; in effect a working open-air museum.

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