This is a route-map template for a railway in {{{1}}}.
- For information on using this template, refer to Template:Routemap.
- For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.
Note: By long-standing consensus, many route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See this discussion from 2016 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:
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:
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:
and,
{{Railway-routemap|CAN|Yellow Line (Montreal Metro)|type=[[Rapid transit|subway]]}}
will change the first line of the template to:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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 |
| SA | South Australia | |
| T or TAS | Tasmania | |
| W or WA | Western Australia | Category:Western Australia rail transport templates |
This parameter is also not case sensitive.
The optional named parameter |catidx= will add a sort key to the category.
See also
- Category:Rail routemap templates for all country categories
- General
- {{Railway-routemap}}
- {{Bus-routemap}}
- {{Road-routemap}}
- {{Trail-routemap}}
- {{Waterway-routemap}}
- Specific
- {{UK-railway-routemap}} United Kingdom
- {{UK-waterway-routemap}} United Kingdom rivers and canals
- {{US-railway-routemap}} United States
- {{NYCS-routemap}} New York City Subway