This template expands a name – split over two lines – to link to the appropriate railway station article, without displaying "railway station".

• The text will inherit the alignment of the parent cell, but can be overridden by applying the parameter "|align=left" or "|align=right".
• The first and second parameters are the two lines. They are combined to form the station name. The words railway station are not needed.
• The third parameter (alternatively "|3=" or "|S=") will change the default words "railway station" in the link to its contents.
• The fourth parameter (alternatively "|4=") will change both lines to italic text. Any character or text can be used.
• The fifth parameter (alternatively "|5=") will change both lines to bold text. Any character or text can be used.
• The separating line can be forced to appear by providing an argument for the parameter "|line=anything".
• Background colors can be specified by providing a valid html color or hex triplet for the parameters "|bg1=" (top line) and "|bg2=" (bottom line).

For example:

• {{BSsrws|Stratford|International}} links to [[Stratford International railway station]] and displays

  Stratford

  International

  .
• {{BSsrws|Stratford|International|station|it}} links to [[Stratford International station]] and displays

  Stratford

  International

  .

If either line of text is empty, the page that the template is used on will be a member of Category:Pages using BSto or BSsrws with missing text values.

• {{BSsplit}} for two lines of text with a wikilink
• {{BSto}} for two lines of unequal-height text
• {{BScvt}} for two distances

For new systems and systems in need of maintenance, use the newer {{Station link}} (abbreviated {{stl}} or {{slk}}) instead, which uses the faster and less maintenance-intensive Module:Adjacent stations.

A number of other templates provide the same function for specific systems:

Template Shortcut(s) Used for {{Station}} {{stn}} Any transit, bus station or train station, with lowercase word "station" {{STN}} none Any transit, bus station or train station, with the word "Station" capitalized {{BSsrws}} none Any station, split over two lines of text {{Stnlnk}} {{rws}} Railway stations {{Metro}} none Metro stations {{Subway}} none Subway stations {{LRT Station}} {{lrt}} or {{lrts}} Light rail transit stations {{MRT station}} {{mrt}} or {{mrts}} Mass rapid transit stations {{Tram}} none Tram stops {{Tstop}} none Any transit stop {{Ferry}} {{fw}} Ferry wharves Specific locations North America Amtrak stations {{amtk}} Amtrak CTA stations {{cta}} Chicago Transit Authority MBTA stations {{bts}} MBTA (Boston) MNRR stations {{mnrr}} Metro-North Railroad (New York and Connecticut) MTA Maryland stations {{mtams}} Maryland Transit Administration (excluding MARC Train) Muni stations {{munis}} San Francisco Municipal Railway and Muni Metro NJT stations {{njts}} NJ Transit Rail Operations (New Jersey) SCAX stations {{scax}} Metrolink (California) WMATA stations {{wmata}} Washington Metro (Washington, D.C.) Elsewhere {{StnlnkA}} {{rwsa}} Australia and New Zealand {{Gare}} none Any French railway station ("Gare de …") {{Hauptbahnhof station}} {{Hbf}} Any German central station ("… Hauptbahnhof") {{IWLR}} none Inner West Light Rail (Sydney) {{Komuter station}} {{kstn}} KTM Komuter (Kuala Lumpur) {{Tubestation}} {{lus}} London Underground {{Metro Madrid}} {{MdM}} Madrid Metro Template Shortcut Used for