Template:Rail color box/doc

Usage

This template is intended to be used within station and line infoboxes, diagrams, navboxes and tables to show a small color box and a link to the associated line or service name. Its use should be avoided within body text.

Parameter	Description
system or 1	An identifier to specify which system's color and line article name convention should be used; either Module:Adjacent stations/system or Template:system color must exist, e.g. Template:RTD color or Module:Adjacent stations/Taipei Metro
line or 2	The line or service to be linked
inline or 3	An optional parameter to create a colorbox and link suitable for use inline with other text Valid arguments are yes, small, link, box, route, xroute and croute
type	This adds " – type" to the end, where type is the parameter value (which may be changed by a module subpage), and also passes the value to the data template or module. Typically a service or branch of the line
note	An optional note with more information, added at the end

For systems where multiple colors are used to designate different lines, the appropriate color will be selected based on the combination of the system and line parameters. The same is done for systems where types/services have their own colors.

The template can be abbreviated as {{rcb}}. All examples use this abbreviated form.

Examples

{{rcb|system=Amtrak|line=Southwest Chief}} and {{rcb|Amtrak|Southwest Chief}} produce

  Southwest Chief

{{rcb|SEPTA|Wilmington/Newark|note=(rush hour service only)}} produces

  Wilmington/​Newark Line (rush hour service only)

The optional parameter |inline= (or the third unnamed parameter) allows different display options for inline text.

yes	C Line	Green Line	inline color box with link
small	C Line	Green Line	smaller color box with link
dot	● C Line	● Green Line	small circle with link
square	■ C Line	■ Green Line	small square with link
link			linked box
ldot	●	●	linked circle
lsquare	■	■	linked square
box			box with link omitted
route	C	Green	box with background color
croute	C	Green	box with background color and border radius
xroute	C	Green	box with colored text and border radius

Some options, such as setting the text color, border color, and the short name for the latter three, require the use of a module subpage. Each line can have its own values, as can each type. The table keys for line and type tables are the same: "border color", "text color" and "short name". Note that the "background color" key is not used by this template.

System abbreviations

Lists of available systems are at Category:Rail transport color templates and Special:PrefixIndex/Module:Adjacent stations/.

Variants

Template	Description	Example
{{Color box}}	a small color box with black borders and text color	or  ORANGE
{{RouteBox}}	a borderless version with text color and wikilinks	ORANGE
{{Colorbull}}	a colored bullet with wikilinks	■
{{Legend2}}	another borderless version
{{Color sample}}	a small color box with black borders
{{Swatch inline}}		orange
{{Background color}}		orange
{{Rail color box}}	a version with more display options (part of Module:Adjacent stations)	●, Orange, etc.
{{Diagonal split color box}}	a small color box split diagonally	,   B R ,   B R , WB R , W  R , WB     , W B     , W      ,     B ,   B     ,     B     ,     B     ,     B   W ,     B     ,     B     ,     B     ,     B     ,     B     ,     B     ,     ,etc.
{{Motor type}}	A small color box corresponding to the motor type	SI A , etc.

External links

• Template:Rail color box/doc at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.