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Template:Rail line

{{rail line |previous= |next= |route= |col= }}

• |previous= may be left blank or omitted, in which case it is displayed as Terminus.
• |next= may be left blank or omitted, in which case it is displayed as Terminus.

Colours

• |col=
• |lightcol=

The |col= parameter is used to set the colour of the two vertical bands which separate the three main columns. If this parameter is blank or omitted, the bands are present but their colours are undefined, and the appearance may vary between web browsers.

The colour set by |col= is normally associated with the railway company or operator given in the |route= parameter; if that parameter indicates both a major company and a minor company, or a rail operator and one of its services, |col= should indicate the more important of the two. To indicate the less important of the two, the optional |lightcol= parameter may be used; it will add a horizontal coloured band beneath the text of the |route= parameter. If |lightcol= is blank or omitted, the band is also omitted.

For consistency, colours should be specified using colour templates, e.g. |col={{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}}. The predefined colours are at WikiProject UK Railways/Colours list. Colours may also be given in the form of a six-character hex triplet. In either case, the initial # sign is omitted, e.g. |col=be2d2c |lightcol=d77f7e.

The |lightcol= parameter is preferred to the older method of setting a coloured background for some of the text, which had accessibility problems.

Additional parameters

• |term1= may be used to specify the terminus in the |previous= direction
• |term12= may be used to specify an alternate terminus in the |previous= direction
• |term2= may be used to specify the terminus in the |next= direction
• |term22= may be used to specify an alternate terminus in the |next= direction
• |rows1= may be used to specify the number of table rows spanned by the first station
• |rows2= may be used to specify the number of table rows spanned by the second station
• |hide1= may be used to hide the table cell corresponding to the first station
• |hide2= may be used to hide the table cell corresponding to the first station
• |rowsmid= may be used to specify the number of table rows spanned by the route
• |hidemid= may be used to hide the table cell corresponding to the route
• |mergecol= may be used to remove the bottom border on the colour cells

Example 1

{{rail start}}
{{rail line
|previous = {{rws|Banbury}}
|next     = {{rws|Heyford}}
|route    = [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]<br><small>[[Cherwell Valley Line]]</small>
|col      = {{FGW colour}}
}}
{{rail end}}

This produces:

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Banbury		Great Western Railway Cherwell Valley Line		Heyford

Example 2

{{rail start}}
{{s-note|text=Former services}}
{{rail line
|col= {{LSWR colour}}
|previous= ''Terminus''|rows1=3|route= [[London and South Western Railway]]<br/><small>(1869-1916)</small>
|next= {{lus|Kew Gardens}} |term2= {{stn|West Brompton}}
}}
{{rail line
|col= {{MetRly colour}}
|hide1=yes
|route= [[Metropolitan Railway]]<br/><small>(1877-1906)</small>
|next= {{lus|Kew Gardens}} |term2= [[London Paddington station|Paddington]] |rows2=2}}
{{rail line
|col= {{GWR colour}}
|hide1=yes
|route= [[Great Western Railway]]<br/><small>(1894-1910)</small>
|hide2=yes
}}
{{rail end}}

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
	Former services
Terminus		London and South Western Railway (1869-1916)		Kew Gardens towards West Brompton
		Metropolitan Railway (1877-1906)		Kew Gardens towards Paddington
		Great Western Railway (1894-1910)

See also