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Add→{{rail-interchange}}

This template is used on approximately 39,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

The {{rail-interchange|…}} template is an abstraction layer to cope with rebranding and renaming of transport systems. The template maps f (where, how) → to brand, link, icon(s) allowing the whole of Misplaced Pages to be easily updated when a transport network switches operator, changes name or updates their logo.

Avoid brandname, operator or sponsor names when choosing the location/link pair.

Usage

The optional named parameter |size= will override the default height of the icon (between 10 and 20 pixels):

The value for |size= must be an integer and should not be any larger than the display height of the diagram icons themselves (20 pixels in most diagrams).

The icons' wikilink and alternate text can be overridden by adding the optional parameters |link=newlink and |alt=othertext. Note that if only the |link= parameter is changed then the |alt= parameter will change from the default to the new link text. (However, the |alt= parameter can be changed without affecting the link target.)

In prose

Please avoid adding these icons within the prose of articles: per Misplaced Pages's Manual of Style for icons, "Icons should not be used in the article body... This breaks up the continuity of the text, distracting the reader".

In addition, icons used in this way are primarily decorative, e.g. "aesthetics are in the eye of the beholder: one reader's harmless decoration may be another reader's distraction": While the icons provide visual cues in certain circumstances, writing in prose will usually suffice. Instead, provide a link to the services directly.

Generic

The following symbols can be used to denote interchange:

Symbol	Usage
	Code: {{rint|air}} Use: Airport station Link: List of airports
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|air|base}} or {{rint|airbase}} Alternative icon: {{rint|airbase|ex}} Use: Military air base Link: Military air base
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|air|field}} or {{rint|airfield}} Use: Small airport or private airfield Link: Aerodrome
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|heliport}} Use: Heliport Link: Heliport
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|bus}} Alternative icon: {{rint|bus|1}} Use: Interchange with local bus services Link: Bus
Add→{{rail-interchange}}
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|bus|rapid}} or …|bus|brt}} Use: Interchange with Bus Rapid Transit services Link: Bus rapid transit
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|bus|trolleybus}} or …|bus|trolley}} or …|bus|tb}} or {{rint|trolley}} or …|trolleybus}} Use: Interchange with local trolleybus services Link: Trolleybus
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|rail}} Alternative icon: {{rint|rail|1}} Use: Interchange with mainline rail services Link: none
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Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|express}} Use: Interchange with express rail services Link: Express train
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|metro}} Use: Interchange with rapid transit services Link: Rapid transit
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|mono}} Use: Interchange with monorail line Link: Monorail
	Code: {{rint|tram}} or …|light rail}} Alternative icon: {{rint|tram|1}} Use: Interchange with tram or light rail services Link: Tram or Light rail
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|ferry}} Use: Interchange with a passenger ferry or water bus service Link: Ferry
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|incline}} Use: Interchange with a funicular Link: Funicular
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|cable}} Use: Interchange with an aerial cable car Link: Aerial lift
	Code: {{rint|heritage|rail}} Alternative icon: {{rint|heritage|rail|ex}} Use: Interchange with a heritage railway line Link: Heritage railway
	Code: {{rint|heritage|tram}} Alternative icon: {{rint|heritage|pcc}} Use: Interchange with a heritage tram or streetcar line Link: Heritage streetcar
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|bicycle}} or {{rint|bike}} Use: Bicycle facilities Link: Bicycle
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|park}} or {{rint|parking}} Alternative icon: {{rint|park|1}} or {{rint|parking|1}} Use: Parking Link: Parking
Add→{{rail-interchange}}
Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Code: {{rint|wheelchair}} Alternative icon: {{rint|wheelchair|1}} Use: Handicapped/disabled access Link: Accessibility#Transportation
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Specific by country

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Variants exist for a number of different places around the world to display symbols which are specific to a country or city - for example, the London Underground logo on London specific articles. Note that these are the names of the main location involved, and not the brand used by the current franchise operator (which can change frequently). If the logo should change, it can be easily updated within this template.

• Argentina
• Armenia
• Austria
• Australia
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• Chile
• Mainland China and Hong Kong
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• India
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• The Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States

Please only use free content images. In most cases, using non-free logos in this manner will not comply with Misplaced Pages's non-free content policy.

See also

• {{Rail icon}} (abbreviated {{ric}}) for a similar template that uses subpages of {{Adjacent stations}}.

TemplateData

• Rail routemap templates