සැකිල්ල:Railway-routemap/doc

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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 country or Category: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:

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 I or i 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=s or =stn or =station will either Category:Station layout templates or the appropriate sub-category, 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:

This parameter is also not case sensitive.

The optional named parameter |catidx= will add a sort key to the category.

• Category:Rail routemap templates for all country categories

General

• {{Railway-routemap}}
• {{Bus-routemap}}
• {{Trail-routemap}}
• {{Waterway-routemap}}

Specific

• {{UK-railway-routemap}} United Kingdom
  • {{UK-waterway-routemap}} United Kingdom waterway
• {{US-railway-routemap}} United States
  • {{NYCS-routemap}} New York City Subway