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Usage

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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

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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:

|cat= Category default type description
Generic
NO none railway
APM Category:United States airport people mover system templates people mover system
APR Category:United States amusement park railroad templates‎ amusement park railroad
BY Category:United States backyard railroad templates‎ backyard railroad
CR Category:United States commuter railroad templates‎ commuter rail line
HR Category:United States heritage railroad templates‎ heritage railroad
HS Category:United States heritage streetcar templates‎ heritage streetcar
INT Category:United States interurban templates interurban railway
LR Category:United States light rail templates‎ light rail line
MR Category:United States museum railroad templates‎ museum railroad
PM Category:United States people mover system templates‎ people mover system
RM Category:United States rideable miniature railroad templates miniature railroad
RT Category:United States rapid transit templates‎ rapid transit line
SEG Category:Route diagram template segments* RDT segment
STN Category:United States station layout templates* railway station
﹡﹡ Category:United States state and territory passenger rail network templates State passenger rail network
﹡S Category:State rail transport templates State rail network
* in addition to Category:Templates for railway lines of the United States

** = any two-letter state abbreviation

Specific
AF Category:Amtrak route diagram templates former Amtrak train service
AM Amtrak train service
AML Amtrak railway line
AP planned Amtrak train service
BNSF Category:BNSF Railway templates‎ BNSF railway line
CSX Category:CSX templates CSX railway line
CTA Category:Chicago 'L' line templates rapid transit line
LIRR Category:Long Island Rail Road lines templates‎ Long Island Rail Road line
MAX Category:MAX Light Rail line templates light rail line
MBC Category:Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority line templates MBTA Commuter Rail line
MBT MBTA subway line
METRA Category:Metra line templates commuter rail line
MLCA Category:Metrolink (California) line maps Metrolink line
NJT Category:NJ Transit lines templates NJ Transit route
PE Category:Pacific Electric Railway templates Pacific Electric line
SP Category:Templates for Southern Pacific lines Southern Pacific railway
UP Category:Union Pacific Railroad templates‎ Union Pacific railway line

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

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General
Specific