User:Renxu350/Alison Wheeler's Rail Icons


 * Legend
 * Note that the number of metals (tracks) is not normally signified in the graphic.
 * 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
 * u means 'U-Bahn' / 'underground', i.e. metro and light rail
 * e means 'ehemals' / 'earstwhile', i.e. facility off use
 * x means 'ex-', i.e. track off use
 * m means 'Mischbetrieb' / 'mixed', indicates both heavy and light rail in the same pictogram
 * t means 'Tunnel' / 'tunnel'
 * h means 'Hochbahn' / 'high level'
 * v indicates close parallel lines
 * d means 'dünn' / 'slender', indicates half-width symbols, used in pairs (not shown on this page)
 * b means 'breit' / 'bold', indicates double-width symbols (not shown on this page)
 * Full list of prefixes in table below


 * Suffix
 * "forward" or "driving direction" means from top of the symbol to the bottom
 * l normally means to 'links' / 'left'
 * r normally means to 'rechts' / 'right'
 * a normally means at 'Anfang' / 'start'
 * e normally means at 'Ende' / 'end'
 * f normally means 'Fahrtrichtung' / 'forward'
 * g normally means 'Gegenrichtung' / backward'
 * or 'geradeaus' / 'straigth' (usually skipped)
 * q normally means 'quer' / 'across'
 * o normally means 'oben' / 'overhead'
 * u normally means 'unten' / 'underneath'
 * other codes are built up from joining these together

Stations and stops

 * see also elevated and interchange

Parallel interchange

 * check category:experimental for more.