Template:US-railway-routemap
- 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 this discussion for more information.
Usage
This template should be added to all Route Diagram Templates of United States railways, unless a more-specific category or template is appropriate. It adds the following text (without the surrounding box) to an RDT:
It will automatically include the diagram in Category:Templates for railway lines of the United States.
Adding an optional parameter will include the railway name as a link, for example,
{{US-railway-routemap|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway}}
will change the first line of the template to:
The optional named parameter |type= will change “a United States railway” to “a United States alternate text”. For example,
{{US-railway-routemap|type=light rail line}}
will change the first line of the template to:
and,
{{US-railway-routemap|BMT Broadway Line|type=[[rapid transit|subway]]}}
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,
{{US-railway-routemap|Heartland Flyer|display=''Heartland Flyer''|cat=AM}} and{{US-railway-routemap|Heartland Flyer|display=i|cat=AM}}
will both 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,
{{US-railway-routemap|the=x|Washington Union Station|cat=STN}}
will change the first line of the template to:
The optional named parameter |place= will change “a United States railway” to “a(n) alternate text railway”. For example,
{{US-railway-routemap|place=[[Atlanta]]}}
will change the first line of the template to:
and,
{{US-railway-routemap|Metra Electric District|place=Chicago|type=[[commuter line]]}}
will change the first line of the template to:
Categories
By default the template will be included in Category:Templates for railway lines of the United States. However, adding the optional named parameter |cat= provides a shortcut for other categories, and changes the default type description, as shown in this table:
Note that this parameter is not case sensitive: i.e. |cat=NO produces the same result as |cat=no.
The optional named parameter |name= or |catidx= will change the category sorting name for the page. The default is the page name, but since some route diagrams start with the system name, this is a simple way to change the sort key to the line or route name.
See also
- 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