This template expands a name – split over two lines – to link to the appropriate railway station article, without displaying "railway station".

  • The text will inherit the alignment of the parent cell, but can be overridden by applying the parameter "|align=left" or "|align=right".
  • The first and second parameters are the two lines. They are combined to form the station name. The words railway station are not needed.
  • The third parameter (alternatively "|3=" or "|S=") will change the default words "railway station" in the link to its contents.
  • The fourth parameter (alternatively "|4=") will change both lines to italic text. Any character or text can be used.
  • The fifth parameter (alternatively "|5=") will change both lines to bold text. Any character or text can be used.
  • The separating line can be forced to appear by providing an argument for the parameter "|line=anything".
  • Background colors can be specified by providing a valid html color or hex triplet for the parameters "|bg1=" (top line) and "|bg2=" (bottom line).

For example:

Incorrect uses

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If either line of text is empty, the page that the template is used on will be a member of Category:Pages using BSto or BSsrws with missing text values.

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  • {{BSsplit}} for two lines of text with a wikilink
  • {{BSto}} for two lines of unequal-height text
  • {{BScvt}} for two distances

A number of other templates provide the same function for specific systems:

Template Shortcut(s) Used for
{{Station}} {{stn}} any transit, bus station or train station
{{STN}} none any transit, bus station or train station
{{BSsrws}} none any station, split over
two lines
of text
{{Stnlnk}} {{rws}} or {{RWS}} Railway stations
{{Gare}} none any French railway station ("Gare de …")
{{Metro}} none Metro stations
{{Metrod}} none any Metro station with disambiguating qualifier
{{Subway}} none Subway stations
{{LRT Station}} {{lrt}} or {{lrts}} Light Rail Transit stations
{{MRT station}} {{mrt}} or {{mrts}} Mass Rapid Transit stations
{{Tram}} none Tram stops
{{Tstop}} none any transit stop
{{Ferry}} {{fw}} Ferry wharves
Specific locations
North America
Amtrak stations {{amtk}} Amtrak
CTrain stations {{cts}} Calgary CTrain
CDOT stations {{cdots}} CTfastrak, Hartford Line, and Shore Line East (Connecticut)
{{CTA stations}} {{cta}} Chicago Transit Authority
Edmonton LRT stations {{stl|ETS}} Edmonton Light Rail Transit
Exo stations {{Exos}} Exo (formerly RTM, Greater Montreal)
GO Transit stations {{GOs}} GO Transit (Greater Toronto Area)
{{LIRR stations}} {{lirrs}} Long Island Rail Road
MAX stations {{maxs}} MAX Light Rail (Portland, Oregon)
MBTA stations {{bts}} MBTA (Boston)
Metro Transit station {{MTs}} Metro Transit (Minnesota)
MNRR stations {{mnrr}} Metro-North Railroad (New York and Connecticut)
{{Montreal Metro stations}} {{stms}} Montreal Metro
MTA Maryland stations {{mtams}} Maryland Transit Administration (excluding MARC Train)
{{MTS stations}} {{mtss}} San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Muni stations {{munis}} San Francisco Municipal Railway and Muni Metro
NJT stations {{njts}} NJ Transit Rail Operations (New Jersey)
{{NYCS station}} {{nycs}} New York City Subway
SCAX stations {{scax}} Metrolink (California)
{{SIR station}} {{sirs}} Staten Island Railway
{{SLML}} none MetroLink (St. Louis)
SMART stations {{smarts}} Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit
{{TTC station}} {{ttcs}} Toronto subway
VREX stations none Virginia Railway Express
WMATA stations {{wmata}} Washington Metro (Washington, D.C.)
Elsewhere
{{StnlnkA}} {{rwsa}} Australia and New Zealand
{{BJS stations}} {{bjss}} Beijing Subway
{{BVG stations}} {{bvgs}} Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (Berlin)
{{Buenos Aires Subte}} {{bas}} Buenos Aires Underground
{{DLRstation}} {{dlr}} Docklands Light Railway (London)
{{Istanbul Metro stations}} none Istanbul Metro
{{IWLR}} none Dulwich Hill Line (Sydney)
{{METROKIEV stations}} {{kms}} Kiev Metro
{{Komuter station}} {{kstn}} KTM Komuter (Kuala Lumpur)
{{Tubestation}} {{lus}} London Underground
{{Metro Madrid}} {{MdM}} Madrid Metro
{{MOSMETRO stations}} {{mms}} Moscow Metro
{{München bahnhof}} {{mbhf}} Munich S-Bahn
{{Paris Metro/Station}} {{pms}} Paris Métro
{{RER/Station}} {{prs}} Paris RER
{{StnlnkR}} {{rwsr}} Russia
{{SHM stations}} {{shm}} Shanghai Metro
{{SNCF}} none SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, France)
{{HSR station}} {{hsr}} Taiwan High Speed Rail
{{TRA station}} {{tra}} Taiwan Railways Administration (only when ambiguous)
{{VSB station}} {{vsbs}} Vienna S-Bahn
{{VUB station}} {{vubs}} Vienna U-Bahn
Template Shortcut Used for