Template:NESA

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Provides a standard citation for using the National Electronic Sectional Appendix as a reference, as many rail articles do. No longer a footnote.

Usage

 {{NESA}}
 {{NESA|region|access-date}}

When the region parameter is provided, a footnote about that specific data set is generated. All the below examples use {{today}} for the access date. The region codes are the same as those used by {{NESA}}:

• {{NESA}} = "Anglia Sectional Appendix" (PDF). National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
• {{NESA}} = "Kent, Sussex & Wessex Sectional Appendix" (PDF). National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
• {{NESA}} = "London North Eastern Sectional Appendix" (PDF). National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
• {{NESA}} = "London North Western (North) Sectional Appendix" (PDF). National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
• {{NESA}} = "London North Western (South) Sectional Appendix" (PDF). National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
• {{NESA}} = "Scotland Sectional Appendix" (PDF). National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
• {{NESA}} = "Wales & Western Sectional Appendix" (PDF). National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.

When no region parameter is provided, or when an invalid region is provided, a generic footnote is generated with an error:

• {{NESA}} = National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• {{NESA}} = National Electronic Sectional Appendix. Network Rail. 7 June 2025. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Allows the Sectional Appendix to be cited easily.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
region	region	no description Suggested values LNE LNW(N) LNW(S) W&W KS&W Anglia Scotland Example LNE	String	required
pages	pages p pp p. pp. Pages cited pages cited pages-cited page	no description Example 210	Number	suggested
access-date	access-date access date Access date Access-date	no description Example 23 June 2025	Date	suggested

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