Wikipedia:Route diagram template

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This page mainly describes the deprecated {{BS-map}} template and its auxiliary templates. Use of {{Routemap}} is currently preferred as it displays correctly on the mobile site. For the {{Routemap}} template and how to convert how to convert BS-map–based templates into Routemaps when copying from other Wikipedias, see Template:Routemap.

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The route diagram templates encompass a main container, named {{Routemap}} or {{BS-map}}, and its auxiliary templates^[1], most of them having BS (German: BahnStrecke) at the root of their name. This system provides a uniform layout for route-map infoboxes, mainly for railway lines but also for other modes of transport such as waterways. The more efficient {{Routemap}} template should be considered when creating new diagrams.

Each a map is built as a stack of rows, whose most significant part is a cell lining up one or several square or rectangular icons. There are more than 3,000 of these elementary pictograms. Several methods are provided to add text to each row and comments to individual graphic cells.