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

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:

• 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.

Prefixes show the type and current operation state of features:

• 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.

Prefix	Example		Line	Type	Feature	Tunnel	Note
(none)			Open	Heavy	Open
xp			Open	Heavy	Open		Express service; doesn't stop here
x			Closed or Part open	Heavy	Open		stations will have suffix to show which part
e			Open	Heavy	Closed
ex			Closed	Heavy	Closed
t			Open	Heavy	Open	Tunnel
xt			Closed or Part open	Heavy	Open	Tunnel	stations will have suffix to show which part
et			Open	Heavy	Closed	Tunnel
ext			Closed	Heavy	Closed	Tunnel
v			Open	Paired	Open
tv			Open	Paired	Open	Tunnel
ev			Open	Paired	Closed or Closed & Open
ve			Open	Paired	Open & Closed
vx			Open & Closed	Paired	Open & Closed
xv			Closed & Open	Paired	Closed & Open
vex			Open & Closed	Paired	Closed
xev			Closed & Open	Paired	Closed
exv			Closed	Paired	Closed
u			Open	Metro	Open
ux			Part Open	Metro	Open		Through route closed, side route open
ue			Open	Metro	Closed		Through route open, side route or feature closed
uex			Closed	Metro	Closed		Through route and side route or feature closed
ut			Open	Metro	Open	Tunnel
uxt			Part Open	Metro	Open	Tunnel	Through route closed, side route open
uet			Open	Metro	Closed	Tunnel	Through route open, side route or feature closed
uext			Closed	Metro	Closed	Tunnel	Through route and side route or feature closed
um			Open & Open	Both	Open		Mischbetrieb mit U-Bahn
uxm			Closed & Open	Both	Closed
uem			Open & Closed	Both	Open
uexm			Closed & Closed	Both	Closed
bub			Open	Both	Open		metro-within-mainline
bube			Open	Both	Closed		metro-within-mainline
bubu			Open	Both	Metro open only		metro-within-mainline

• 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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