Last Updated：2025/12/06

(rail transport) A key that allows one to lock and unlock doors to railway carriages and compartments, typically only permitted to railway employees.

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railway key

Source Word

railway key

Japanese Meaning

鉄道車両や区画の扉の施錠・解錠を行うために使用される鍵。通常、鉄道従業員のみが扱う

Before the inspection, the guard checked the railway key to ensure he could open the locked compartment.

点検の前に、係員は施錠された区画を開けられるよう、列車の車両の扉を施錠・解錠するための鍵を点検した。

Sense（1）

It was more like a model of an antediluvian railway key than anything else.

railway keys

（ plural ）