Template:Rail color box

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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:BJS 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

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

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

yes			inline color box with link
small			smaller color box with link
dot			small circle with link
square			small square with link
link			linked box
ldot			linked circle
lsquare			linked square
box			box with link omitted
route			box with background color
croute			box with background color and border radius
xroute			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
{{Color box striped}}	a striped version
{{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)	, , etc.
{{Diagonal split color box}}	a small color box split diagonally	, etc.
{{Motor type}}	A small color box corresponding to the motor type	SI A , etc.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Rail color box

Template which generates colored boxes to indicate rail lines, optionally with a link to the line's article.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
System	1 system	no description	String	required
Line	2 line	no description	String	suggested
Inline display type	3 inline	no description	String	suggested
Type (branch/service)	type	no description	String	optional
Note	note	no description	String	optional

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