Synonym: fulminate, inveigh, rail in, rail off, railing, rails, revile, track, train, vilify, vituperate. Similar words: trail, trailer, railroad, jail, mail, sail, nail, trait. Meaning: [reɪl] n. 1. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports 2. short for railway 3. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll 4. a horizontal bar (usually of wood) 5. any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud. v. 1. complain bitterly 2. enclose with rails 3. provide with rails 4. separate with a railing 5. convey (goods etc.) by rails 6. travel by rail or train 7. lay with rails 8. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat 9. spread negative information about 10. criticize severely.
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91. The net result of the changes will be increased fares and reduced services for most rail travellers.
92. Rail travel in Britain seems to be getting more and more unreliable.
93. British Rail had to post a signalman at the entrance to the tunnel.
94. All transport operations, whether by sea, rail or road, are closely monitored at all times.
95. Fukuoka has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.
96. Passengers are incensed that rail companies make huge profits while service remains poor.
97. If one or two trains run late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire rail service.
98. The Young Persons Railcard gives you a discount on rail travel.
99. He tried to jump over the rail,but he botched it and twisted his ankle.
100. The rail company is bringing in more trains in an effort to minimize disruption to travellers.
101. The rail industry is no longer in public ownership .
102. Our plans were thrown into disarray by the rail strike.
103. Rail travellers who try to avoid paying their fares could face on-the-spot fines.
104. The minister of transport came under fire for forcing increases in rail fares.
105. Rail fares have fallen 17 per cent in real terms.
106. I disagree with Andrew Russell over his piece on British Rail.
107. He quoted the example of France as a country with an excellent rail service.
108. If you are under 26 you can buy cheap rail tickets.
109. British Rail immediately hit back with their own cheap fares scheme.
110. Privatisation and gimmickry are not the answer to improving Britain's rail service.
111. They travelled by rail to the coast and thence by boat to America.
112. The price includes return rail travel from London Victoria to Dover.
113. The rail company said it expected services to get slowly back to normal.
114. The rail company may have to close the branch line to Uckfield.
115. She leaned on the ship's rail and gazed out to sea.
116. We want to recreate the romance and excitement that used to be part of rail journeys.
117. The rail system is to put twenty million pounds into its modernisation programme.
118. She was conscious of a second man hanging on to the rail.
119. The new rail link has lopped an hour off the journey.
120. This documentary was made with the cooperation of British Rail.