Vocabulary

private railway

私鉄(してつ)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Uncommon

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun, Phrase

A railway that is owned and operated by a private company.

民間(みんかん)企業(きぎょう)所有(しょゆう)運営(うんえい)する鉄道(てつどう)

Examples

  1. The private railway was finally bought by the government in 1937.