Template:Railway-routemap

This is a route-map template for a railway in {{{1}}}.

For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.

Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions ^[1],[2] for more information.

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This is a universal template for all Route Diagram Templates (RDT). It adds the following text (without the surrounding box) to an RDT:

This is a route-map template for a railway in country.

For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.

Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions ^[1],[2] for more information.

It will also place the template in the appropriate category (generally Category:Templates for railway lines in country or Category:Templates for railway lines of country) if placed in the template namespace.

Usage

The format is {{Railway-routemap|country|parent article to be linked to|optional parameters}}.

Country is specified by any valid ISO 3166-1 country code.

Additional codes

The template also recognizes these unofficial codes:

Code	Location
AFR	Africa
AA or ASA	Asia
CT or CAT	Catalonia
EU or EUR	Europe
KO	Korea
NIL	Northern Ireland‎
UK	United Kingdom‎

Optional parameters

When included, the second (optional) parameter should be the parent article of the diagram.

{{Railway-routemap|UK|Stockton and Darlington Railway}}

will change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for the Stockton and Darlington Railway, a railway in the United Kingdom.

Including the optional named parameter |type= will change “a railway in Country” to “a alternate text in Country”. For example,

{{Railway-routemap|FRA|type=high-speed rail line}}

will change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for a high-speed rail line in France.

and,

{{Railway-routemap|CAN|Yellow Line (Montreal Metro)|type=[[Rapid transit|subway]]}}

will change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for the Yellow Line (Montreal Metro), a subway in Canada.

The optional named parameter |the=anything will omit the word “the” before the linked page. For example,

{{Railway-routemap|NL|the=x|Centraal Station|type=[[railway terminal]]}}

will change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for Centraal Station, a railway terminal in the Netherlands.

The optional named parameter |display= will replace the text of the article link. If display is set to either I or i the article link will automatically be italicized. This is useful for named train services. For example,

{{Railway-routemap|US|Heartland Flyer|display=''Heartland Flyer''|type=[[Amtrak]] train service}} and
{{Railway-routemap|US|Heartland Flyer|display=i|type=[[Amtrak]] train service}}

will both change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for the Heartland Flyer, an Amtrak train service in the United States.

The optional named parameter |place= will change “a railway in Country” to “a railway in place, Country”. For example,

{{Railway-routemap|IN|place=[[Bangalore]]}}

will change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for a railway in Bangalore, India.

Categories

By default the template will be included in the appropriate category for that country. However, adding the parameter |cat=no will exclude the template from all categories. Note that this parameter is not case sensitive: i.e. |cat=NO produces the same result as |cat=no.

Setting |cat=s or =stn or =station will also add the template to either Category:Station layout templates or the appropriate sub-category, and change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for a station in country.

Setting |cat=seg or =segment will also add the template to Category:Route diagram template segments, and change the first line of the template to:

This is a route-map template for an RDT segment in country.

For Australia (ISO 3166-1 country code AU or AUS), setting the category to one of the state abbreviations will include the template in the appropriate sub-category:

`\|cat=`	State	Category
N or NT	Northern Territory
NS or NSW	New South Wales	Category:New South Wales route diagram templates‎
Q or QLD	Queensland	Category:Queensland route diagram templates‎
V or VIC	Victoria	Category:Victoria (state) route diagram templates
Vs or VICs	Victoria	Category:Victoria (state) station layout templates
SA	South Australia
T or TAS	Tasmania
W or WA	Western Australia	Category:Western Australia rail transport templates
Ws or WAs	Western Australia	Category:Western Australia station layout templates

This parameter is also not case sensitive.

The optional named parameter |catidx= will add a sort key to the category.

Template:Railway-routemap

Usage

Additional codes

Optional parameters

Categories

See also