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== New template ==

I've started to introduce a new infobox template for [[Railway companies]], primarily in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. The template is simple, yet effective at bringing uniformity to the articles. The template allows the operator's logo to be placed on a background colour suited to the operator as well as enabling there to be an image showcasing a typical train operated by the firm and some key statistics that are of interest.

The '''Rail companies infobox''' is shown on the pages with green links below.

[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Infobox_Rail_companies|View articles linking to this template]]

<small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Samluke777|Samluke777]] ([[User talk:Samluke777|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Samluke777|contribs]]) 2005</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

==Project Status==

*<font color="#DF0000">'''To Do / Work In Progress'''</font>
*<font color="#12C100">'''Completed'''</font>

===British train operating companies===

{{Accessibility dispute|date=March 2012}}

{|style="margin:0 auto;" align=left id=toc cellpadding="2"
!colspan=3|[[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom|Passenger train services in the United Kingdom]]
|-
!colspan=3|[[Rail transport in Great Britain|Great Britain]]
|-
|align=right valign="top"|'''InterCity:'''
|colspan="2"|<font color="#12C100">[[First Great Western]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[First TransPennine Express]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Great North Eastern Railway|GNER]]</font><br> <font color="#12C100">[[Grand Central Railway]]</font>*‡ - <font color="#12C100">[[Hull Trains]]</font>* - <font color="#12C100">[[Midland Mainline]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[one (train operating company)|one]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Virgin Trains]]</font> 
|-
|align=right valign="top"|'''London &<br />South East:'''
|colspan="2"|<font color="#12C100">[[c2c]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Chiltern Railways]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[First Capital Connect]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[First Great Western]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Gatwick Express]]</font> <br> <font color="#12C100">[[Heathrow Connect]]</font>* - <font color="#12C100">[[Heathrow Express]]</font>* - <font color="#12C100">[[Island Line, IOW|Island Line]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[one (train operating company)|one]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Silverlink]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]]</font> <br> <font color="#12C100">[[South West Trains]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]]</font>
|-
|align=right valign="top"|'''Regional:'''
|colspan="2"|<font color="#12C100">[[Arriva Trains Wales]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Central Trains]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[First Great Western]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[First ScotRail]]</font> <br /> <font color="#12C100">[[Merseyrail]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Northern Rail]]</font> 
|-
|align=right valign="top"|'''International:'''
|colspan="2"|[[Eurostar (U.K.) Ltd.|Eurostar (U.K.)]], [[SNCF]] and [[SNCB]] (<font color="#12C100">[[Eurostar]]</font>)
|-
!colspan=3|[[Rail transport in Ireland|Northern Ireland]]
|-
|align=right valign="top"|'''Regional:'''
|colspan="2"|<font color="#12C100">[[Northern Ireland Railways]]</font>*
|-
|align=right valign="top"|'''International:'''
|colspan="2"|<font color="#12C100">[[Northern Ireland Railways]]</font> and [[Iarnród Éireann]] (<font color="#12C100">[[Enterprise (train)|Enterprise]]</font>)
|-
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|align="left" valign="top"|* Not franchised ‡ Starts [[December]] [[2006]]
|}

===Defunct train operating companies===

{| class="toccolours" cellpadding="2"
!colspan=2|[[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom|Defunct train operating companies]]:
|-
!valign="top" align=right|InterCity:
|<font color="#DF0000">[[Anglia Railways]]</font>
|-
!valign="top" align=right|London & South East:
|<font color="#DF0000">[[Connex South Central]]</font> - <font color="#DF0000">[[Connex South Eastern]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[First Great Eastern]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[Thames Trains]]</font>
|-
!valign="top" align=right|Regional:
|<font color="#DF0000">[[Arriva Trains Merseyside]]</font> - <font color="#DF0000">[[Arriva Trains Northern]]</font> - <font color="#12C100">[[First North Western]]</font> - <font color="#DF0000">[[MTL (transport company)|MTL]]</font><br><font color="#DF0000">[[Northern Spirit]]</font> - <font color="#DF0000">[[ScotRail]]</font> - <font color="#DF0000">[[Wales and Borders]]</font> - <font color="#DF0000">[[Wales and West]]</font> - <font color="#DF0000">[[Valley Lines (train operating company)|Valley Lines]]</font>
|-
|}
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==Image Size==

I've uploaded a new logo for [[Northern Spirit]] which is from its official website, however it is too big in the article, is there a way to adjust the size in the infobox without having to upload another version? [[User:Danielnez1|Danielnez1]] 19:40, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

==Secondary regions==
I've modified the code of the template so that the secondary regions/routes/etc. field is now optional: on the [[CrossCountry]] article this field was empty, so seemed unnecessary.  --[[User:RFBailey|RFBailey]] ([[User talk:RFBailey|talk]]) 23:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

== Support for route diagram required. ==

I am proposing adding functionality to add a route diagram to the infobox in the same way as {{tl|Infobox rail line}} does. This is required for the [[Gautrain]] article, as this template is still the most suited infobox for the article, but lacks this critical field/functionality. [[User:G.A.S|<font style="font-family:Brush Script MT" size="4">G.A.S</font>]][[User talk:G.A.S|<sup><font style="font-family:Verdana;">talk</font></sup>]] 10:37, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

: I have recoded the infobox in my userspace here<sup>[Link removed -- [[User:G.A.S|<span style="font-family:Brush Script MT; font-size:1.4em;">G.A.S</span>]][[User talk:G.A.S|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">talk</span></sup>]] 12:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)]</sup>, and thoroughly tested it as well here<sup>[Link removed -- [[User:G.A.S|<span style="font-family:Brush Script MT; font-size:1.4em;">G.A.S</span>]][[User talk:G.A.S|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">talk</span></sup>]] 12:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)]</sup>. In the absence of comment, this template's code will be updated shortly. [[User:G.A.S|<font style="font-family:Brush Script MT" size="4">G.A.S</font>]][[User talk:G.A.S|<sup><font style="font-family:Verdana;">talk</font></sup>]] 12:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

== Logo handling ==

Why are logos in this infobox handled differently from every other infobox company I've seen? Usually it just has a logo field where you put the image as you normally would, but this splits it up into logo_filename and logo_width. It's really annoying and arbitrary. -- Love, [[User:Smurfy|Smurfy]] 20:03, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
:Examples, please (so I can investigate)? I presume that this is a legacy issue though (long before I edited the template—I merely added the ability to specify logo_width as an optional parameter). [[User:G.A.S|<span style="font-family:Brush Script MT; font-size:1.4em;">G.A.S</span>]][[User talk:G.A.S|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">talk</span></sup>]] 04:28, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

== Headquarters ==

It should say where each company is/was based on the template e.g. Southern is based in Tonbridge. [[User:Pdiddyjr|Pdiddyjr]] ([[User talk:Pdiddyjr|talk]]) 19:10, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

== Accessibility of talk page ===

The sections above use red and green to indicate different things,; this is a breach of [[MOS:COLOUR]] because people who are colour-blind cant distinguish them. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 18:45, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
:Yes, this is really bad. A good example of the worst. But I don't know what it is doing here. [[User:Secondarywaltz|Secondarywaltz]] ([[User talk:Secondarywaltz|talk]]) 19:41, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

== Field does not show up. ==

This field does not show up<br>
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[[User:Peter Horn|Peter Horn]] [[User talk:Peter Horn|User talk]] 22:06, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
:Which article is this in? What have you set for either {{para|regions}} or {{para|secregions}}? --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 22:58, 5 August 2017 (UTC)