railway track

Summary

railway track has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• railway track is made of steel^[2].
• railway track is made of prestressed concrete^[3].
• railway track is made of girder^[4].
• railway track is a type of rail infrastructure^[5].
• railway track is a type of way^[6].
• railway track is part of rail infrastructure^[7].
• railway track is part of railway^[8].
• railway track is part of permanent way^[9].
• railway track is part of steel roller coaster^[10].
• railway track is part of railway station^[11].
• railway track is used for rail transport^[12].
• railway track's Commons category is recorded as Rail tracks^[13].
• railway track's said to be the same as is recorded as rail track^[14].
• railway track's Unicode character is recorded as 🛤^[15].
• railway track's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rail tracks^[16].
• railway track's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=rail^[17].
• railway track's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas^[18].
• railway track's different from is recorded as college^[19].
• railway track's different from is recorded as railway line^[20].
• railway track's has part is recorded as rail^[21].
• railway track's has part is recorded as formation^[22].
• railway track's has part is recorded as railroad tie^[23].
• railway track's maintenance method is recorded as track maintenance^[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include rail infrastructure^[5] and way^[6].

Use and Application

railway track is used for rail transport^[12]. Part of include rail infrastructure^[7]; railway^[8], an ambiguous Wikidata item^[25]; permanent way^[9]; steel roller coaster^[10]; and railway station^[11], a type of station^[26].

Influence

Things named for railway track include Amtrak^[27], a railway company^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1971^[30], headquartered in Washington Union Station^[31].

Why It Matters

railway track has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Amtrak^[27], a railway company^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1971^[30], headquartered in Washington Union Station^[31].