This is a route-map template for a railway in {{{1}}}.
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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 countryorCategory:Templates for railway lines of country) if placed in the template namespace.
Country is specified by any valid ISO 3166-1 country code.
The template also recognizes these unofficial codes:
| Code | Location |
|---|---|
| AFR | Africa |
| AAor ASA | Asia |
| CTor CAT | Catalonia |
| EUor EUR | Europe |
| KO | Korea |
| NIL | Northern Ireland |
| UK | United Kingdom |
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 Iori 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:
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=sor=stnor=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=segor=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 |
|---|---|---|
| NorNT | Northern Territory | |
| NSor NSW | New South Wales | Category:New South Wales route diagram templates |
| Qor QLD | Queensland | Category:Queensland route diagram templates |
| Vor VIC | Victoria | Category:Victoria (state) route diagram templates |
| SA | South Australia | |
| Tor TAS | Tasmania | |
| WorWA | Western Australia |
This parameter is also not case sensitive.
The optional named parameter |catidx= will add a sort key to the category.
