Template:Infobox rail line/doc

Usage

{{Infobox rail line}} is used for railway lines, i.e. the physical trackage between two or more places; however, this template is also sometimes used on articles about both a company and a line (e.g. Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway). It has no mandatory parameters. {{Infobox rail}} is used to create an infobox for articles about railway companies; i.e. the owner or operating entity. For rail services {{Infobox rail service}} is used.

{{{name}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logo_width}}}|alt={{{logo_alt}}}]]
[[File:{{{image}}}|265x265px|alt={{{image_alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Overview
Other name(s)	{{{other_name}}}
Native name	{{{native_name}}}
Status	{{{status}}}
Owner	{{{owner}}}
Line number	{{{linenumber}}}
Locale	{{{locale}}}
Coordinates	{{{coordinates}}}
Termini	{{{start}}} {{{end}}}
Continues from	{{{continuesfrom}}}
Continues as	{{{continuesas}}}
Connecting lines	{{{connectinglines}}}
Former connections	{{{formerconnections}}}
Stations	{{{stations}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Service
Type	{{{type}}}
System	{{{system}}}
Services	{{{routes}}}
Route number	{{{routenumber}}}
Train number(s)	{{{trainnumber}}}
Operator(s)	{{{operator}}}
Depot(s)	{{{depot}}}
Rolling stock	{{{stock}}}
Daily ridership	{{{daily_ridership}}}
Ridership	{{{ridership2}}}
History
Commenced	{{{yearcommenced}}}
Planned opening	{{{planopen}}}
Opened	{{{open}}}
Last extension	{{{lastextension}}}
Completed	{{{yearcompleted}}}
{{{event1label}}}	{{{event1}}}
{{{event2label}}}	{{{event2}}}
{{{event3label}}}	{{{event3}}}
Closed	{{{close}}}
Reopened	{{{reopen}}}
Technical
Line length	{{{linelength_km}}}
Track length	{{{tracklength_km}}}
Number of tracks	{{{tracks}}}
Character	{{{character}}}
Rack system	{{{racksystem}}}
Track gauge	{{{gauge}}}
Old gauge	{{{old_gauge}}}
Loading gauge	{{{load_gauge}}}
Route availability	{{{availability}}}
Minimum radius	{{{minradius}}}
Electrification	{{{electrification}}}
Operating speed	{{{speed_km}}}
Signalling	{{{signalling}}}
Train protection system	{{{trainprotection}}}
Highest elevation	{{{elevation_m}}}
Maximum incline	{{{maxincline}}}
Average inter-station distance	{{{aveinterstation}}}
{{{map_name}}} {{{map}}}

{{Infobox rail line
| box_width        = 
| name             = 
| other_name       = 
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
| color            = 
| logo             = 
| logo_width       = 
| logo_alt         = 
| image            = 
| image_width      = 
| image_alt        = 
| caption          = 
| type             = 
| system           = 
| status           = 
| locale           = 
| start            = 
| end              = 
| stations         = 
| routes           = 
| daily_ridership  = 
| ridership2       = 
| planopen         = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| open             = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| yearcommenced    = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| yearcompleted    = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| close            = <!--{{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| event1label      = 
| event1           = 
| event2label      = 
| event2           = 
| event3label      = 
| event3           = 
| owner            = 
| operator         = 
| character        = 
| depot            = 
| stock            = 
| linelength_km    = 
| linelength_mi    = 
| linelength       = 
| tracklength_km   = 
| tracklength_mi   = 
| tracklength      = 
| tracks           = 
| gauge            = <!-- {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}} {{Track gauge|1000mm|allk=on}} {{Track gauge|42in|lk=on}} etc -->
| old_gauge        = 
| load_gauge       = 
| minradius        = 
| racksystem       = 
| routenumber      = 
| linenumber       = 
| electrification  = 
| speed_km/h       = 
| speed_mph        = 
| speed            = 
| signalling       = 
| elevation_m      = 
| elevation_ft     = 
| elevation        = 
| website          = 
| map              = 
| map_name         = map_name
| map_state        = uncollapsed
| embedded         = 
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Definition
box_width	No	Width of infobox, default: 25em; Note: use auto for automatic width (nb long image captions will not wrap if |box_width=auto is specified)
name	No	Name of rail line; default:Article Name
other_name	No	Alternative name of rail line
native_name	No	Non-English name of rail line
native_name_lang	No	ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead
color	No	Color of rail line (6-digit hex code without "#")
logo	No	Filename of image for the logo
logo_width	No	Size of logo, default: 256px if the parameter is empty; 50px if non-existent
logo_alt	No	Alt text for logo, for visually impaired readers; see WP:ALT. This should be present if "logo=" is present.
image	No	Filename of image
image_width	No	Size of image, default: 250px
image_alt	No	Alt text for image. This should be present if "image=" is present.
caption	No	Caption of image
status	No	Status of rail line
owner	No	Owner of rail line
linenumber	No	Official number of the rail line. Not to be confused with the number of a service.
elr	No	Engineer's Line Reference
locale	No	City or region line is located
coordinates	No	Coordinates; use {{Coord}} with |display=inline,title
start	No	Name of starting station/junction
end	No	Name of ending station/junction
stations	No	Number of stations/stops
Service
type	No	Type of transit system. Types may include (one or more): High-speed rail Heavy rail Commuter rail – use in lieu of "Regional rail," "Commuter train," etc. Rapid transit – use in lieu of "Metro" or "Subway" Light rail Tram – use in lieu of "Trolley" or "Streetcar" Bus Bus rapid transit Monorail People mover Interurban
system	No	Name of transit system the services on the line are part of (e.g. National Rail)
routes	No	Service routes of rail line or number(s)/identifier(s) of set of trains with same service, usually seen in suburban trains. e.g. S7, IENA, 7, Line A.
routenumber	No	Route number(s) indicated in timetables to identify the stretch of track, in Germany usually referred as Kursbuchstrecke
trainnumber	No	Train number(s) running as shown in official timetables and printed on tickets.
operator	No	Operator(s) of services on the line
depot	No	Name of traction maintenance depot(s) of rail line
stock	No	Types of rolling stock used on the rail line
daily_ridership	No	Daily system ridership
ridership2	No	Generic ridership field for non-daily values
History
yearcommenced	No	Year construction commenced
planopen	No	Date rail line planned opening
open	No	Date rail line opened (use template {{Start date}})
yearcompleted	No	Year construction was completed
close	No	Date rail line closed (use template {{End date}})
reopen	No	Date rail line reopened after closure (use template {{Start date}})
Technical
linelength_km	No	Length of the line length in kilometres: auto-converts to miles
linelength_mi	No	Length of the line length in miles: auto-converts to kilometres
linelength	No	Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info
tracklength_km	No	Length of the track length in kilometres: auto-converts to miles
tracklength_mi	No	Length of the track length in miles: auto-converts to kilometres
tracklength	No	Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info
tracks	No	Number of tracks
character	No	Character of rail line – e.g. Fully elevated and grade-separated, or At-grade street running, or Underground subway, etc.
gauge	No	Track gauge (use template {{Track gauge}})
old_gauge	No	Old rail gauge (use template {{Track gauge}})
load_gauge	No	Loading gauge
minradius	No	Minimum radius of curvature (use template:convert)
racksystem	No	Rack system. Examples: Abt or Strub, as the case may be.
electrification	No	Electrification system (e.g. Third rail, Overhead catenary) and/or voltage
speed_km/h	No	Maximum or operating speed of the rail line in km/h: auto-converts to mph
speed_mph	No	Maximum or operating speed of the rail line in mph: auto-converts to km/h
speed	No	Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info
signalling	No	System for railway signalling (block systems etc.)
trainprotection	No	Train protection system used on the line
elevation_m	No	Highest elevation of the rail line in metres: auto-converts to feet
elevation_ft	No	Highest elevation of the rail line in feet: auto-converts to metres
elevation	No	Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info
mapcolour mapcolor	No	The colour or color of the line on route maps; Use either mapcolour for colour or mapcolor for color, but not both
mapcolourlink mapcolorlink	No	The name of an article for wikilinking the word "map" in the mapcolour and mapcolor field label
website	No	URL of website. Raw URLS will be hyperlinked and displayed. External link wikilinking works as well.
map	No	Map of line
map_name	No	Title of map; default: Route map
map_state	No	Shows or hides map. Use show or collapsed
embedded	No	Use to embed other infobox templates in this one

Examples

Basic

Alpha Line
Image caption
Overview
Other name(s)	Line Alpha
Native name	Le Alpha
Status	Ceased operation
Locale	Newark
Termini	Station A Station M
Stations	15
Service
Type	Light rail
System	ABC Transit
Services	1
Operator(s)	BCT Transport
Daily ridership	239,200
History
Opened	June 22, 1904
Closed	March 8, 1942
Technical
Line length	13.8 mi (22.2 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

{{Infobox rail line
| name        = Alpha Line
| other_name  = Line Alpha
| native_name = Le Alpha
| native_name_lang = fr
| color       = 003399
| logo        = South Korea subway logo.svg
| logo_width  = 75px
| logo_alt    = South Korea subway logo, demo
| image       = KORAIL EMU5000 6th.jpg
| image_width =
| image_alt   = Example image of a line
| caption     = Image caption
| type        = [[Light rail]]
| system      = ABC Transit
| status      = Ceased operation
| locale      = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
| start       = Station A
| end         = Station M
| stations    = 15
| routes      = 1
| daily_ridership   = 239,200
| open        = June 22, 1904
| close       = March 8, 1942
| owner       =
| operator    = BCT Transport
| character   =
| depot       =
| stock       =
| linelength_mi = 13.8
| tracklength =
| tracks      =
| gauge       = {{RailGauge|1435mm|lk=on}}
| electrification =
| speed       =
| signalling = [[ERTMS]]
| elevation   =
| map         = [[Image:placeholder.png|200px|alt=Placeholder image]]
| map_name    =
| map_state   = collapsed
}}

Junction

Cogload Junction
A train from London via Castle Cary travels west. Note the photograph, due to the telephoto lens, misleads the eye - this junction has a speed limit of 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)!
Overview
Locale	Durston, Somerset, England
Connecting lines	Reading to Taunton Bristol to Taunton
History
Opened	1906 (1906)
Flyover built	1931
Signal box closed	1986
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	100 mph (160 km/h)

{{Infobox rail line
| name          = Cogload Junction
| image         = Cogload Junction 43130.jpg
| image_width   = 
| image_alt     = 
| caption       = A train from London via Castle Cary travels west. Note the photograph, due to the [[telephoto lens]], misleads the eye - this junction has a [[speed limit]] of {{convert|100|mph}}!
| type          = 
| system        = 
| status        = 
| locale        = [[Durston]], [[Somerset]], [[England]]<br />{{coord|51.04315|N|2.99773|W |format=dms |type:landmark_region:GB |display=inline,title}}
| start         = 
| end           = 
| stations      = 
| routes        = 
| ridership     = 
| ridership2    = 
| planopen      = 
| open          = {{Start date|1906}}
| event1label   = Flyover built
| event1        = 1931
| event2label   = Signal box closed
| event2        = 1986
| close         = 
| owner         = 
| operator      = 
| character     = 
| depot         = 
| stock         = 
| strack        = 
| gauge         = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| minradius     = 
| connectinglines = {{Plainlist|
* [[Reading to Taunton line|Reading to Taunton]]
* [[Bristol to Taunton Line|Bristol to Taunton]]
}}
| routenumber   = 
| linenumber    = 
| electrification = 
| speed_mph     = 100
| elevation_m   = 
| elevation_ft  = 
| elevation     = 
}}

Including a route diagram

A Route diagram (based on template {{routemap}})) can be included via |map=. It can be composed right in this template (see first example), or it can be a complete template like |map={{Needham Line}} (second example).

Note that parameter |inline= must be set to a non-empty value, like {{routemap|inline=yes}}.

{{Infobox rail line | map = {{routemap|inline=yes|map= KBHFa~~London St Pancras LSTR KBHFe~~Paris Gare du Nord }} }}

Infobox rail line/doc Route map London St Pancras Paris Gare du Nord

{{Infobox rail line | map = {{Needham Line}} }}

Infobox rail line/doc Route map  Red   to Alewife 0.0 mi 0 km South Station  Red   to Ashmont or Braintree Fairmount Greenbush Old Colony  Orange   to Oak Grove 1.2 mi 1.9 km Back Bay  Framingham/Worcester  Massachusetts Avenue 2.2 mi 3.5 km Ruggles Roxbury Crossing Jackson Square Stony Brook Green Street 5.0 mi 8 km Forest Hills  Orange  Franklin/Foxboro Providence/Stoughton 6.4 mi 10.3 km Roslindale Village 7.2 mi 11.6 km Bellevue 7.6 mi 12.2 km Highland 8.0 mi 12.9 km West Roxbury 10.9 mi 17.5 km Hersey 12.0 mi 19.3 km Needham Junction Millis Branch 12.7 mi 20.4 km Needham Center Needham Layover 13.7 mi 22 km Needham Heights to Newton Highlands

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox rail line in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox rail line an Infobox for rail lines Template parameters This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status box_width box_width Width of infobox, default: 25em; Note: use auto for automatic width (nb long image captions will not wrap if auto is specified) String optional name name Name of rail line; default:Article Name String optional color color Color of rail line (6-digit hex code without #) String optional color2 color2 Secondary color of rail line (6-digit hex code without #) String optional logo logo Filename of image for the logo String optional logo_width logo_width Size of logo, default: 256px if the parameter is empty; 50px if non-existent String optional logo_alt logo_alt Alt text for logo, for visually impaired readers; see [[WP:ALT]]. This should be present if logo= is present. String optional logo2 logo2 Filename of image for a second logo String optional logo_width2 logo_width2 Size of the second logo, default: 256px if the parameter is empty; 50px if non-existent String optional logo_alt2 logo_alt2 Alt text for the second logo, for visually impaired readers; see [[WP:ALT]]. This should be present if logo2= is present. String optional image image Filename of image String optional image_width image_width Size of image, default: 250px String optional image_alt image_alt Alt text for image. This should be present if image= is present. String optional caption caption Caption of image String optional other_name other_name Alternative name of rail line String optional native_name native_name Non-English name of rail line String optional native_name_lang native_name_lang ISO 639-2 code e.g. 'fr' for French. If more than one, use {{tl|lang}} instead String optional type type Type of transit system. Types ''may'' include (one or more): [[High-speed rail]]; [[Heavy rail]]; [[Commuter rail]] – use in lieu of 'Regional rail,' 'Commuter train,' etc.; [[Rapid transit]] – use in lieu of 'Metro' or 'Subway'; [[Light rail]]; [[Tram]] – use in lieu of 'Trolley' or 'Streetcar'; [[Bus]]; [[Bus rapid transit]]; [[Monorail]]; [[People mover]]; [[Interurban]] String optional system system Name of transit system the rail line is part of String optional status status Status of rail line String optional locale locale City or region transit system is located String optional coordinates coordinates Coordinates; use {{Tl|Coord}} with {{Para|display|inline,title}} String optional start start Name of starting terminal station String optional end end Name of ending terminal station String optional continuesfrom continuesfrom String optional continuesas continuesas String optional connectinglines connectinglines String optional formerconnections formerconnections String optional stations stations Number of stations/stops String optional routes routes Service routes of rail line String optional daily_ridership daily_ridership Daily system ridership String optional ridership2 ridership2 Generic ridership field for non-daily values String optional trainnumber trainnumber Train number(s) running as shown in official timetables and printed on tickets. String optional linenumber linenumber Line number(s). Identifier(s) of set of trains with same service, usually seen in suburban trains. e.g. S7, IENA, 7, Line A. Not to be confused with the technical track. String optional mapcolor mapcolor The colour or color of the line on route maps; Use either mapcolour for colour or mapcolor for color, but not both String optional mapcolourlink mapcolourlink The name of an article for wikilinking the word 'map' in the mapcolour and mapcolor field label String optional mapcolorlink mapcolorlink The name of an article for wikilinking the word 'map' in the mapcolour and mapcolor field label String optional mapcolour mapcolour The colour or color of the line on route maps; Use either mapcolour for colour or mapcolor for color, but not both String optional website website URL of website. Raw URLS will be hyperlinked and displayed. External link wikilinking works as well. String optional yearcommenced yearcommenced Year construction commenced String optional planopen planopen Date rail line planned opening String optional open open Date rail line opened String optional lastextension lastextension String optional yearcompleted yearcompleted Year construction was completed String optional close close Date rail line closed String optional reopen reopen Date rail line reopened after closure String optional owner owner Owner of rail line String optional operator operator Operator(s) of rail line String optional conductionsystem conductionsystem String optional character character Character of rail line – e.g. Fully elevated and grade-separated, or At-grade street running, or Underground subway, etc. String optional depot depot Name of traction maintenance depot(s) of rail line String optional stock stock Types of rolling stock used on the rail line String optional event1label event1label String optional event1 event1 String optional event2label event2label String optional event2 event2 String optional event3label event3label String optional event3 event3 String optional linelength_km linelength_km Length of the line length in kilometres: auto-converts to miles String optional linelength_mi linelength_mi Length of the line length in miles: auto-converts to kilometres String optional linelength linelength Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info String optional linelength_footnotes linelength_footnotes String optional tracklength_km tracklength_km Length of the track length in kilometres: auto-converts to miles String optional tracklength_mi tracklength_mi Length of the track length in miles: auto-converts to kilometres String optional tracklength tracklength Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info String optional tracklength_footnotes tracklength_footnotes String optional tracks tracks Number of tracks String optional gauge gauge [[Track gauge]] (use template {{tl|Track gauge}}) String optional old_gauge old_gauge Old rail gauge (use template {{tl|Track gauge}}) String optional load_gauge load_gauge [[Loading gauge]] String optional availability availability String optional minradius_m minradius_m String optional minradius_ft minradius_ft String optional minradius minradius Minimum radius of curvature (use template:convert) String optional electrification electrification Electrification system (e.g. [[Third rail]], [[Overhead catenary]]) and/or voltage String optional speed_km/h speed_km/h Maximum or operating speed of the rail line in km/h: auto-converts to mph String optional speed_mph speed_mph Maximum or operating speed of the rail line in mph: auto-converts to km/h String optional speed speed Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info String optional signalling signalling System for [[railway signalling]] String optional elevation_m elevation_m Highest elevation of the rail line in metres: auto-converts to feet String optional elevation_ft elevation_ft Highest elevation of the rail line in feet: auto-converts to metres String optional elevation elevation Use as an alternative to the auto-conversion parameters or for extra info String optional maxincline maxincline String optional racksystem racksystem Rack system. Examples: [[Abt rack system|Abt]] or [[Strub rack system|Strub]], as the case may be. String optional routenumber routenumber Route number(s) indicated in timetables to identify the stretch of track, in Germany usually referred as ''Kursbuchstrecke'' String optional aveinterstation aveinterstation String optional embedded embedded Use to embed other infobox templates in this one String optional map map Map of line String optional map_state map_state Shows or hides map. Use show or collapsed String optional map_name map_name String optional

Tracking categories

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• Category:Pages with no gauge entered in Infobox rail line (3)

See also

• Template:Infobox station for rail stations
• Template:Infobox NYCS for New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway stations
• Template:BS-daten, a shim for the German Wikipedia rail line infobox
• Template:Track gauge, using and formatting known track gauges