User:SilasW/Icon details


 * This table is maintained manually and therefore does not include all available icons but is only a subset of the icons available.


 * Refer to Rail Icons for a complete list of all icons unless you are using a non-CSS capable browser

General
Many flags and codes for features come from the German Wikipedia. Where possible their explanations here, at risk of seeming strange, use English words with some mnemonic semblance such as "erstwhile" for "e" (German "ehe"). The uses of colours and affixes are listed below and an extended display of their combining follows. The number of tracks is not usually shown in the graphic.

Colours (these are defined) show use of line and its temporal state: Prefixes show the type and current operation state of features:
 * Red = heavy rail or freight line
 * Blue = light rail, metro and tram line
 * Dark = lines and facilities currently open
 * Light = lines and facilities currently either closed or under construction or planned.
 * e = 'erstwhile' for stations, stops etc. That is "not in use".
 * x = 'ex' track. That is "not in use".
 * t = track in tunnel
 * u = 'underground' meaning all the Tube, metro and light rail.
 * v = close parallel lines
 * m = "mixed" the icon contains both heavy and light rail
 * d and ed (DE:dünne) = half-width symbols, used in pairs and not shown on this page.
 * Full list of prefixes in table below

Suffixes show directions, originally from the driver's viewpoint going down the page, so "left" is to the "right" of the cartographer or viewer. This was unequivocal for early simple maps with just stub branches, but in wider track maps the driver's view cannot always be adhered to. Normally
 * l = to the left
 * r = to the right
 * a = at start (DE:anfang)
 * e = at end
 * f = forward (i.e. down the page)
 * g = backward (i.e up the page) Mnemonic aGainst (DE:gegenrichtung)
 * g may = straight / geradeaus (??Where???)
 * q = aqross the page (DE:quer)
 * o = above (over)
 * u = underneath

Combining prefixes and suffixes gives a wide range of possible icons. It should be noted that any icon used has to have been drawn and that the use of a valid name does not call that icon into existence.


 * The original list was split into smaller sub-lists due to too it taking too long to load all the icons.
 * Editors may create new sub-lists if the existing sub-lists become too long or are unsuitable for including the desired icon.
 * See here for the pre-split list.

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