Template:Busbox

Translink Bus Information
{{{number}}} {{{name}}}	map	schedule

This template should be used for linking to translink bus routes and schedules on their website. Using a template protects use in case the location of these files ever changes. In that case, we would only have to update the template, and not all the pages that use the template.

Usage

Translink Bus Information
007 Dunbar	map	schedule
C12 Lions Bay	map	schedule

The template uses named parameters for the bus route number and bus route name. Currently the template is limited to a maximum of 3 bus routes. The parameter names are "name", "number", "name2", "number2", "name3", "number3", etc. See the example below to link to the #7 and C12 bus routes. This generates the box show at right:

{{Busbox|number=001|name=TBD|number2=C12|name2=Lions Bay}}

Note that you must pad the bus route number to 3 digits in order to get it to work. For community shuttle bus routes, the number must start with the character C followed by 2 digits only.

Updates

The links in the template need to be periodcally updated every time translink changes their schedule, as the URLs to the bus maps and timtables change.