Way ahead in Railway — is it so so? (8)
I believe the answer is:
moderate
'so so?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'way ahead in railway is it' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'mode' (synonyms).
'ahead in railway' becomes 'rat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'mode'+'rat'+'e'='MODERATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for moderate that I've seen before include "Lessen the intensity" , "Ordinary" , "Dare me to (anag) - act as an arbitrator" , "Make less severe" , "Average; make less extreme" .)