Template:Station/doc

Usage

This template expands a name (first parameter) to link to the appropriate station article, without displaying "station".

The optional second parameter (any character) will capitalize the word "Station".

The optional third parameter will add disambiguating qualifier in brackets after "Station"/"station".

The optional fourth parameter (or |alt=) will replace the displayed station name.

The template can be abbreviated as {{stn}} (for Station).

For example:

{{Station|City Hall}} expands to [[City Hall station|City Hall]] and thus City Hall.

{{Station|Union|x}} and {{STN|Union}} both expand to [[Union Station|Union]].

{{stn|Forest Hill||San Francisco}} expands to [[Forest Hill station (San Francisco)|Forest Hill]].

{{stn|Forest Hill|x|San Francisco}} and {{STN|Forest Hill|San Francisco}} both expand to [[Forest Hill Station (San Francisco)|Forest Hill]]. Note that there are only two parameters for the {{STN}} abbreviation.

Discretion should be used on whether to name the place itself or the station that serves it. In railway articles it is generally preferred to use the station unless specifically talking about the place served, for example that University serves a particular University.

Many station articles follow the link form of terminating with "station". The guideline for titling articles on stations in the United States defaults to this form.

See also

• {{STN}}, which generates a wikilink with the word "Station" capitalized.

A number of other templates provide the same function for specific systems:

Template Shortcut(s) Used for {{Station}} {{stn}} Any transit, bus station or train station, with lowercase word "station" {{STN}} none Any transit, bus station or train station, with the word "Station" capitalized {{BSsrws}} none Any station, split over two lines of text {{Stnlnk}} {{rws}} Railway stations {{Metro}} none Metro stations {{Subway}} none Subway stations {{LRT Station}} {{lrt}} or {{lrts}} Light rail transit stations {{MRT station}} {{mrt}} or {{mrts}} Mass rapid transit stations {{Tram}} none Tram stops {{Tstop}} none Any transit stop {{Ferry}} {{fw}} Ferry wharves Specific locations North America Amtrak stations {{amtk}} Amtrak CTA stations {{cta}} Chicago Transit Authority MBTA stations {{bts}} MBTA (Boston) MNRR stations {{mnrr}} Metro-North Railroad (New York and Connecticut) MTA Maryland stations {{mtams}} Maryland Transit Administration (excluding MARC Train) Muni stations {{munis}} San Francisco Municipal Railway and Muni Metro NJT stations {{njts}} NJ Transit Rail Operations (New Jersey) SCAX stations {{scax}} Metrolink (California) WMATA stations {{wmata}} Washington Metro (Washington, D.C.) Elsewhere {{StnlnkA}} {{rwsa}} Australia and New Zealand {{Gare}} none Any French railway station ("Gare de …") {{Hauptbahnhof station}} {{Hbf}} Any German central station ("… Hauptbahnhof") {{IWLR}} none Inner West Light Rail (Sydney) {{Komuter station}} {{kstn}} KTM Komuter (Kuala Lumpur) {{Tubestation}} {{lus}} London Underground {{Metro Madrid}} {{MdM}} Madrid Metro Template Shortcut Used for

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Station

station link template

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	1	no description Example Union	String	required
Capitalization	2	no description	String	optional
Disambiguator	3	no description Example Toronto	String	optional
Alternate text	4	no description Example GO Union Station	String	optional