Template:Infobox AU rail accident

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Title of rail disaster
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Details
Date and time {{{date}}}
Location {{{location}}}
Rail line {{{line}}}
Operator {{{operator}}}
Type of incident {{{type}}}
Statistics
Trains {{{trains}}}
Deaths {{{deaths}}}

Contents

[edit] Elements

All elements are necessary with the exception of those marked †:

[edit] Image

  • image† – provide the name of the image file (e.g. Camp-Mountain-train-disaster-map.png) – size is automatically set to fit the width of the Infobox

[edit] Details

  • title – name of the rail incident, usually the same as the title of the article
  • date – date of the incident, wiki-linked for readers' date formatting preference (e.g. [[5 May]] [[1947]])
  • time – time of the incident
  • location – location (suburb) of where the incident occurred, wiki-linked for convenience (e.g. [[Camp Mountain, Queensland]])
[edit] Location placement

The following should all be used together, however location-dist is the element to cause this to work/appear:

  • location-dist† – direct distance (not rail distance) from capital city as a plain number, limited to two decimal points (e.g. 49.53, 49.5 or 50; no need to be too accurate with decimal points if distance is some hundreds of kilometers away, e.g. 349 not 349.1)
  • location-dir – direction from capital city as a simple letter abbreviation (e.g. N, NW or NNW)
  • location-city – name of capital city of the state the incident occurred in, wiki-linked and piped if necessary for convenience (e.g. [[Brisbane]] or [[Perth, Western Australia|]])
  • line – railway line the incident occurred on, wiki-linked and piped for convenience if an article has been created for it (e.g. [[Somwhere railway line, Queensland|]])
  • operator – operator of the train in the incident
  • type – type of incident (e.g. Derailment)
  • cause† – cause of the incident if officially found/released (e.g. Excessive speed)

[edit] Statistics

  • trains – number of trains involved in the incident
  • pax† – number of passengers on-board
  • deaths – number of deaths due to the incident (usually passengers on the train and crew)
  • injuries† – number of injured due to the incident (usually passengers on the train and crew)

[edit] Co-ordinates

Use, for example, {{coord|-27.3972|152.8956|display=title}} at the bottom of the page of the incident before categories (not in the Infobox) to provide the co-ordinates of where the incident occurred which, with display=title, will be displayed at the top of the article, above the Infobox.