Template:Metro/doc

Usage

This template expands a name (1st parameter) to link to the appropriate metro station article, without displaying "metro station".

Optionally a second parameter can be supplied to distinguish between identically named stations in different locations.

The optional third parameter will replace the default text.

For example:

{{Metro|Jamaica}} expands to [[Jamaica metro station|Jamaica]].

{{Metro|Lake|Los Angeles}} expands to [[Lake station (Los Angeles Metro)|Lake]].

{{Metro|Bloor–Yonge}} expands to [[Bloor–Yonge station|Bloor–Yonge]].

Note:

This template will correctly handle all the standard forms of metro station names:

• Xxx metro station
• Xxx (Location Metro)
• Xxx (Location metro)
• Xxx station (Location Metro)
• Xxx metro station (Location)
• Xxx station (Location)
• Xxx station, Location
• Xxx station

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, for example that Howdon serves the neighbourhood of Howdon.

Many world metro system articles follow the link form of terminating with "metro station".

See also

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

Template Shortcut(s) Used for {{Station}} {{stn}} or {{STN}} Any transit, bus station or train station {{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 {{Bmts}} none Any Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS Skytrain) station {{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