Template:Rail color box is intended to be used within station and line infoboxes, diagrams, navboxes and tables to show a small color box and a link to the associated line or service name. Its use should be avoided within body text.

• {{Rail color box|system=|line=|inline=|type=|note=}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description
system or 1	An identifier to specify which system's color and line article name convention should be used. Either Module:Adjacent stations/system or Template:system color must exist, e.g. Template:RE-BB color or Module:Adjacent stations/Taipei Metro
line or 2	The line or service to be linked.
inline or 3	An optional parameter to create a color box and link suitable for use inline with other text: Value Description Example Example yes Inline color box with link      C Line      Green Line small Line strip with link   C Line   Green Line dot Small circle with link ● C Line ● Green Line square Small square with link ■ C Line ■ Green Line link Linked box           ldot Linked small circle ● ● lsquare Linked small square ■ ■ box Box with link omitted.           route Box with text C Green broute Bordered box with text C Green croute Box with text and border radius C Green xroute Transparent box with text and border radius C Green
type	This adds " – type" to the end, where type is the parameter value (which may be changed by a module subpage), and also passes the value to the data template or module. Typically a service or branch of the line.
note	An optional note with more information added at the end.

For systems where multiple colors are used to designate different lines, the appropriate color will be selected based on the combination of the system and line parameters. The same is done for systems where types or services have their own colors. Some options, such as setting the text color, border color, and the short name for the latter three, require the use of a module subpage. Each line can have its own values, as can each type. The table keys for line and type tables are the same: ["border color"], ["text color"] and ["short name"]. Note that the ["background color"] key is not used by this template.

• {{Rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Southwest Chief}} and {{Rail color box|Amtrak|Southwest Chief}} produce
    Southwest Chief
  .
• {{Rail color box|SEPTA|Wilmington/Newark|note=(rush hour service only)}} produces
    Wilmington/​Newark Line (rush hour service only)
  .

Lists of available systems are at Category:Rail transport color templates and Special:PrefixIndex/Module:Adjacent stations/.

Abbreviation	System
AMT	Agence métropolitaine de transport
BART	Bay Area Rapid Transit
CTA	Chicago Transit Authority
DART	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
HBLR	Hudson–Bergen Light Rail
KAT	Kenosha Transit
LACMTA	Los Angeles Metro Rail
LIRR	Long Island Rail Road
MARC	MARC Train
MARTA	Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
MBTA	MBTA Commuter Rail
METROMN	Metro (Minnesota)
MNRR	Metro-North Railroad
MUNI	Muni Metro
NJT	NJ Transit
NMRX	New Mexico Rail Runner Express
NYCRR	New York Central Railroad
PATCO	Port Authority Transit Corporation
PATH	Port Authority Trans-Hudson
PLR	Pittsburgh Light Rail
RIRTR	Rochester Subway
RTD	Denver Regional Transportation District
SCAX	Metrolink (California)
SCVTA	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail
SEPTA	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SFRTA	Tri-Rail
STLLR	Sound Transit Link light rail
SNDX	Sounder commuter rail
STML	St Louis MetroLink
TMTC	MAX Light Rail
VMR	Valley Metro Rail
VREX	Virginia Railway Express
WMATA	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Color box templates

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Template	Description	Example
{{Color box}}	Color box size with black borders and text color. Standard size.	or  ORANGE
{{Color box striped}}	Striped color box. Standard size.
{{RouteBox}}	Borderless color box with text color and wikilinks.	ORANGE
{{Colorbull}}	Colored bullet with wikilinks.	■
{{Legend inline}}	Color box size with black borders. Standard size.
{{Color sample}}	Color box size with black borders. Smaller size.
{{Swatch inline}}		orange
{{Background color}}		orange
{{Rail color box}}	A version with more display options. Part of Module:Adjacent stations	●, Orange
{{Diagonal split color box}}	Color box split diagonally. Standard size.