User:AlisonW/Rail legend

How this works

Each entry line contains links to the possible icons in that series. Because many of the 'possible' codes may not actually exist - either because they are not logical/required or because no-one has yet needed to create them - this would cause lots of 'missing image' errors. CSS is therefore used to suppress those icons which do not exist, which is why these pages won't work effectively on non- CSS-capable browsers or for screen readers. It is, however, far more complete than the main manually-maintained version.

The purpose of these tables is to 'find' what icons already exist within WP, and to make it easier for editors to locate the simplest icon for their purpose. Because of this 'consolidation' approach you will find some icons are actually "wrong" according to some editors as their codes might be in error in some way. Similarly, it is often easier to overlay one simple icon with another simple icon to produce the required complexity, rather than create another icon from scratch. This also means that the tables shouldn't be used as a guide to what needs creating; just because there is a blank position it doesn't have to be filled!

It helps a lot to use this table on a wide-screen display! Multi-line-types in a single icon are being moved to their own tables due to the extension of the number of prefixes (eg 'h')

Legend

Note that the number of metals (tracks) is not normally signified in the graphic. Unless stated, naming is based on the vertical/primary route.

dark colour means a currently open line / facility

light colour means either a closed line / route / facility or one under construction / planned

red colour indicates heavy rail or freight line

blue colour indicates light rail, metro or tram line

Prefix:

t means 'tunnel'

h means high / elevated

u means 'unter'/'underground', eg metro and light rail

v indicates close parallel lines

Full list of prefixes in table below

Suffix:

l normally means to left / links / gauche

r normally means to right / rechts / droit

a normally means at start / anfang /

e normally means at end / ende / fin

f normally means forward (down) / fahrtrichtung

g normally means backward (up) / gegenrichtung

o normally means over /

u normally means under / unter

q normally means horizontal (replacing 'H' prefixes)

other codes are built up from joining these together

Prefix	Example		Line	Type	Feature		Note
(none)			Open	Heavy	Open
xp			Open	Heavy	Open		Express service; doesn't stop here
x			Part open	Heavy	Open
e			Open	Heavy	Closed
ex			Closed	Heavy	Closed
t			Open	Heavy	Open	Tunnel
et			Open	Heavy	Closed	Tunnel
xt			Open	Heavy	Closed	Tunnel
ext			Closed	Heavy	Closed	Tunnel
h			Open	Heavy	Open	Elevated
eh			Open	Heavy	Closed	Elevated
xh			Open	Heavy	Closed	Elevated
exh			Closed	Heavy	Closed	Elevated
v			Open	Paired	Open
tv			Open	Paired	Open	Tunnel
ev	File:BSicon evABZlf.svg		Open	Paired	Closed
ve			Open	Paired	Open & Closed
vx			Open	Paired	Open & Closed
vex	File:BSicon vexABZlf.svg		Open	Paired	Open & Closed
xev	File:BSicon xevBHF-STR.svg		Closed & Open	Paired	Closed & Open
exv	File:BSicon exvABZlf.svg		Closed	Paired	Closed
u			Open	Metro	Open
ux	File:BSicon uxKBFa.svg		Part Open	Metro	Open
ue			Open	Metro	Closed
uex			Closed	Metro	Closed
ut			Open	Metro		Tunnel
uxt			Part Open	Metro		Tunnel
uet			Open	Metro		Tunnel
uext			Closed	Metro		Tunnel
uh			Open	Metro		Elevated
uxh			Part Open	Metro		Elevated
ueh			Open	Metro		Elevated
uexh			Closed	Metro		Elevated

Special IDs which have a partial code as part of the base ID are highlighted