Commons:UK Train Categorisation
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Trains[edit]
TOPS units[edit]
This section applies to any train which has a standard TOPS code - pretty much any diesel or electic locomotive or multiple unit which was operating on the railway in 1973 or was built since. Any TOPS unit can be categorised using the {{Ukt}} template. All trains should be in four types of categories:
- Class by operator;
- Class by livery;
- Class by line;
- Operator by line.
For instance, File:Ebbsfleet International railway station MMB 03 395018.jpg is in categories Category:British Rail Class 395s of Southeastern, Category:British Rail Class 395s in Southeastern Highspeed livery, Category:British Rail Class 395s on High Speed 1 and Category:Trains of Southeastern on High Speed 1.
Additionally, photos of train interiors should be in categories
- Class interiors
- Train interiors of operator
- Standard/first class train interiors of the United Kingdom.
Thus, in addition to the four standard train categories, File:350243 x DMSO Vehicle Standard Class Interior.JPG is also in Category:British Rail Class 350 interiors, Category:Train interiors of London Midland and Category:Standard class train interiors of the United Kingdom.
It is always best to use the {{Ukt}} template for categorisation, as it can add the categories easily, but please remember to use it via subst!
As an example, to get the four categories from File:Ebbsfleet International railway station MMB 03 395018.jpg, you would use the following syntax:
- {{subst:ukt|395|018|Southeastern|Southeastern Highspeed|High Speed 1}}
And to get the seven categories for File:350243 x DMSO Vehicle Standard Class Interior.JPG, you would use:
- {{subst:ukt|350|243|London Midland|London Midland|West Coast Main Line|i}}
The extra "i" parameter here tells the template to add the standard-class internal categories. If first class, use "1", and if it's the cab use "x".
BR Coaching Stock[edit]
BR coaching stock follows a similar pattern, but using the {{Ukc}} template.
Line definitions[edit]
This table lists all UK rail lines, and how they are defined on Commons. Termini gives the end-points of the route; Via tells you which way it goes between the end points; and Exclusions tells you which bits are explicitly not considered part of that line, even if they might be in common parlance. Footnotes are used to explain junction locations, otherwise all places referred to are stations.
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| East Coast Main Line |
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| West Coast Main Line |
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| Great Western Main Line |
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| Severn Beach Line |
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| Reading to Taunton Line |
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| Bristol to Exeter Line |
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| Reading to Basingstoke Line |
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| Wessex Main Line |
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| Heart of Wessex Line |
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| Henley Branch Line |
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| Marlow Branch Line |
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| Slough to Windsor & Eton Line |
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| Tarka Line |
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| Avocet Line |
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| South Devon Main Line |
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| Riviera Line |
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| Cornish Main Line |
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| Looe Valley Line |
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| Atlantic Coast Line |
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| Maritime Line |
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| St Ives Bay Line |
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| West of England line |
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| Waterloo to Reading Line |
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| Hounslow Loop Line |
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| South Western Main Line |
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| Lymington Branch Line |
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| West Coastway Line |
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| Eastleigh to Fareham Line |
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| Island Line |
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| Heathrow Branch Line |
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| Portsmouth Direct Line |
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| Butetown Line |
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| Eastleigh to Romsey Line |
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| Henbury Loop Line |
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| Kingston Loop Line |
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| Shepperton Branch Line |
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| Staines to Windsor Line |
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| Tamar Valley Line |
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| Chertsey Branch Line |
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| Hampton Court Branch Line |
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| Alton Line |
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| North Downs Line |
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| New Guildford Line |
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| Sutton and Mole Valley Lines |
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| Epsom Downs Branch |
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| Chessington Branch Line |
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| Arun Valley Line |
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| Sutton Loop Line |
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| Tattenham Corner Line |
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| Caterham Line |
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| Oxted Line |
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| Brighton Main Line |
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| Thameslink | This is not a real railway line. |
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| East Coastway Line |
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| Seaford Branch Line |
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| Marshlink Line |
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| Hastings Line |
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| Redhill to Tonbridge Line |
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| South Eastern Main Line |
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| Bromley North Line |
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| Kent Coast Line |
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| Chatham Main Line |
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| Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) Line |
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| Sheerness Line |
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| Maidstone Line |
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| Bat & Ball Line |
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| Medway Valley Line |
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| North Kent Line |
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| Bexleyheath Line |
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| Dartford Loop Line |
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| Greenwich Line |
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| Mid-Kent Line |
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| Catford Loop Line |
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| Greenwich Park Branch Line |
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| South London Line |
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| Crystal Palace Line |
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| East London Line |
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| Inner South London Line | See South London Line | ||
| High Speed 1 |
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| West London Line |
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| Greenford Branch Line |
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| New North Main Line |
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| North London Line |
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| Gospel Oak to Barking Line |
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| Northern City Line |
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| London, Tilbury and Southend Line |
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| Romford to Upminster Line |
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| Great Eastern Main Line |
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| Ipswich to Ely Line |
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| Braintree Branch Line |
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| Gainsborough Line |
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| Shenfield to Southend Line |
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| Crouch Valley Line |
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| Mayflower Line |
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| Sunshine Coast Line |
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| Breckland Line |
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| Fen Line |
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| Bittern Line |
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| Wherry Lines |
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| East Suffolk Line |
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| Felixstowe Branch Line |
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| West Anglia Main Line |
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| Lea Valley Lines |
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| Hertford Loop Line |
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| Cambridge Line |
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| Ely to Peterborough Line |
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| South Wales Main Line |
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| Swansea District Line |
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| West Wales Line |
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| Heart of Wales Line |
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| Maesteg Line |
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| Ebbw Valley Line |
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| Vale of Glamorgan Line |
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| Coryton Line |
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| Rhymney Line |
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| Cardiff City Line |
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| Merthyr Line |
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| Rhondda Line |
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| Golden Valley Line |
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| Gloucester to Newport Line |
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| Cherwell Valley Line |
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| Oxford to Bicester Line |
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| Cotswold Line |
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| Welsh Marches Line |
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| Cambrian Line |
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| Cambrian Coast Line |
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| Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line |
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| Shrewsbury to Chester Line |
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| North Wales Coast Line |
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| Conwy Valley Line |
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| Borderlands Line |
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| London to Aylesbury Line |
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| Chiltern Main Line |
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| Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line |
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| Leamington to Coventry Line |
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| Leamington to Stratford Line |
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| Birmingham to Stratford Line |
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| Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line |
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| Stourbridge Town Branch Line |
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| Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line |
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| Cross-City Line |
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| Chase Line |
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| Thameslink Core |
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- ↑ Shepreth Branch Junction: On the West Anglia Main Line, south of Cambridge and north of Shelford.
- ↑ Weaver Junction: On the West Coast Main Line, north of Acton Bridge and south of Warrington Bank Quay, where the line towards Runcorn diverges.
- ↑ a b Wootton Bassett Junction: On the Great Western Main Line, west of Swindon and east of Chippenham, where the line towards Bristol Parkway diverges.
- ↑ Bathampton Junction: On the Great Western Main Line, east of Bath, where the line towards Freshford diverges.
- ↑ Corsham Junction: On the Great Western Main Line, west of Chippenham, where the line towards Melksham diverges.
- ↑ a b Barnes Junction: On the Waterloo to Reading Line, west of Barnes and east of Mortlake.
- ↑ a b Feltham Junction: On the Waterloo to Reading Line, between Whitton and Feltham.
- ↑ a b c Arundel Junction: On the West Coastway Line, west of Angmering, the north-east corner of the triangle of lines connecting to Ford and Littlehampton.
- ↑ a b Airport Junction: On the Great Western Main Line, between Hayes & Harlington and West Drayton.
- ↑ a b Strawberry Hill Junction: On the Kingston Loop Line, south of Strawberry Hill station, north of Shacklegate Junction.
- ↑ a b Shacklegate Junction: On the Kingston Loop Line, north of Teddington station, south of Strawberry Hill Junction.
- ↑ a b Hampton Court Junction: On the South Western Main Line, west of Surbiton, where the line to Hampton Court diverges.
- ↑ a b Pirbright Junction: On the South Western Main Line, west of Brookwood and east of Farnborough Main.
- ↑ New Guildford Line Junction: On the South Western Main Line, west of Surbiton and Hampton Court Junction, east of Esher, where the line towards hinchley Wood diverges.
- ↑ a b c d Gloucester Road Junction: On the Brighton Main Line, in the triangle formed by Selhurst, East Croydon and Norwood Junction, where the two branches from Victoria and London Bridge meet towards West Croydon.
- ↑ a b c d e Dock Junction: On the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and Kentish Town, where the lines to St Pancras high and low level platforms diverge.
- ↑ a b Keymer Junction: On the Brighton Main Line, between Wivelsfield and Burgess Hill.
- ↑ a b c Southerham Junction: On the East Coastway Line between Lewes and Glynde, where the line towards Seaford diverges.
- ↑ a b Otford Junction: On the Maidstone Line, between Otford and Kemsing, where the line towards Sevenoaks diverges.
- ↑ a b Rochester Bridge Junction: On the Chatham Main Line, just west of Rochester.
- ↑ a b North Kent East Junction: On the South Eastern Main Line, north of New Cross, where the line towards Deptford diverges.
- ↑ a b Charlton Junction: On the North Kent Line, west of Charlton, where the line towards Westcombe Park diverges.
- ↑ a b c Blackheath Junction: On the North Kent Line, east of Blackheath, where the line to Kidbrooke diverges.
- ↑ a b Slade Green Junction: On the North Kent Line, south of Slade Green and north of Crayford Creek Junction, where the line towards Bexleyheath diverges.
- ↑ a b Crayford Creek Junction: On the North Kent Line, south of Slade Green and Slade Green Junction, west of Dartford and Crayford Spur A Junction, where the line towards Bexleyheath diverges.
- ↑ a b Dartford Junction: On the North Kent Line, west of Dartford, where the line towards Crayford diverges.
- ↑ a b Crayford Spur A Junction: On the North Kent Line, west of Dartford and Dartford Junction, south of Crayford Creek Junction and Slade Green.
- ↑ a b Old Kent Road Junction: On the South London Line, between South Bermondsey and Queens Road Peckham.
- ↑ a b c Sydenham Junction: On the Brighton Main Line, south of Sydenham and north of Penge West.
- ↑ Fawkham Junction: On the Chatham Main Line, east of Farningham Road and west of Longfield.
- ↑ a b c d Old Oak West Junction: On the Great Western Main Line, between London Paddington and Acton Main Line, just west of Old Oak Common TMD.
- ↑ Camden South Junction: On the West Coast Main Line, east of South Hampstead, where the line towards Camden Town diverges.
- ↑ On the South Wales Main Line, east of Briton Ferry.
- ↑ On the Heart of Wales Line, north of Llangennech and south of Pontarddulais, south of Hendy Junction.
- ↑ On the Heart of Wales Line, north of Llangennech and south of Pontarddulais, north of Morlais Junction.
- ↑ On the South Wales Main Line between Newport and Cardiff Central.
- ↑ a b On the Rhymney Line, just south of Heath High Level.
- ↑ a b The terminus is really an as-yet unnamed junction on the Chiltern Main Line, to the east of Bicester Town.
- ↑ On the Cross Country Route, north of Ashchurch for Tewkesbury.
- ↑ London Underground station on the Jubilee Line. East of Harrow-on-the-Hill.
- ↑ On the Chiltern Main Line, between Hatton and Lapworth.
- ↑ Just east of Tyseley, west of Acocks Green.
- ↑ On the Cross Country Route, south of Bromsgrove and north of where the Cotswold Line crosses.
- ↑ On the Cross Country Route (Birmingham to Derby), between Tamworth and Burton-on-Trent.
- ↑ On the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line, west of Adderley Park, east of Proof House Junction where the Cross-City Line heads north.
- ↑ On the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford line, west of Birmingham New Street and east of Smethwick Rolfe Street.
Category structure[edit]
As noted above, all train photos should be in at least four categories:
- British Rail Class [#]s of [Operator], eg Category:British Rail Class 390s of Virgin Trains;
- British Rail Class [#]s in [Livery], eg Category:British Rail Class 390s in Virgin Trains livery;
- British Rail Class [#]s on [Line], eg Category:British Rail Class 390s on the West Coast Main Line;
- Trains of [Operator] on [Line], eg Category:Trains of Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line;
and train interiors are then in a further three categories:
- Train interiors of British Rail Class [#]s, eg Category:Train interiors of British Rail Class 390s;
- Train interiors of [Operator], eg Category:Train interiors of Virgin Trains;
- And one of:
These categories are arranged in category trees by class, by line, by livery and by operator. Here is a sample category tree by class:
- Category:British Rail Class 165
Here is a sample category tree by operator:
- Category:First Great Western
Here is a sample category tree by line:
Most of the above categories (with the exception of the standard class, first class and driving cab categories, train operator by livery and the overall line, operator and class categories) can be generated using templates (always subst!). Below is a table showing usage. All items in the "Example" column are from one of the category trees above, and all items in the "Usage" column show how to
| Type | Example | Template | Syntax | Usage | Notes |
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| Class by operator (specific) | Category:British Rail Class 165s of First Great Western | {{Tbyo}} | {{subst:tbyo|#|Operator}} | {{subst:tbyo|165|First Great Western}} | |
| Class by livery (specific) | Category:British Rail Class 165s in First Group Dynamic Lines livery | {{Tbyo}} | {{subst:tbyo|#|Livery}} | {{subst:tbyl|165|First Group Dynamic Lines}} | There is no need to add "livery" as it is added automatically. |
| Class by line (specific) | Category:British Rail Class 165s on the Great Western Main Line | {{Tbyline}} | {{subst:tbyline|#|Line}} | {{subst:tbyline|165|Great Western Main Line}} | The word "the" is automatically added, except for certain lines such as Thameslink which do not have the definite article. |
| Class by operator (generic) | Category:British Rail Class 165s by operator | {{Cbyo}} | {{subst:cbyo|#}} | {{subst:cbyo|165}} | |
| Class by livery (generic) | Category:British Rail Class 165s by livery | {{Cbyl}} | {{subst:cbyl|#}} | {{subst:cbyl|165}} | |
| Class by line (generic) | Category:British Rail Class 165s by line | {{Cbyline}} | {{subst:cbyline|#}} | {{subst:cbyline|165}} | The word "the" is automatically added, except for certain lines such as Thameslink which do not have the definite article. |
| Class interior | Category:Train interiors of British Rail Class 165s | {{Tint}} | {{subst:tint|#}} | {{subst:tint|165}} | |
| Operator by line (specific) | Category:Trains of First Great Western on the Severn Beach Line | {{Obyline}} | {{subst:obyline|Operator|Line}} | {{subst:obyline|First Great Western|Severn Beach Line}} | The word "the" is automatically added, except for certain lines such as Thameslink which do not have the definite article. |
| Operator by line (generic) | Category:Trains of First Great Western by line | {{Tocline}} | {{subst:tocline|Operator}} | {{subst:tocline|First Great Western}} | |
| Operator interiors | Category:Train interiors of First Great Western | {{Tocint}} | {{subst:tocint|Operator}} | {{subst:tocint|First Great Western}} | |
| Trains in livery | Category:Trains in First Great Western Local Lines livery | {{Tocl}} | {{subst:tocl|Livery creator|Livery}} | {{subst:tocl|First Great Western|Local Lines}} |
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| Trains on line | Category:Trains on the Severn Beach Line | {{Trainline}} | {{subst:trainline|Line}} | {{subst:trainline|Severn Beach Line}} | The word "the" is automatically added, except for certain lines such as Thameslink which do not have the definite article. |