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{{Short description|Brief abbreviation identifying a train station}}
{{seealso|Station numbering}}
[[Image:signatur.jpg|thumb|300px|Station code Lp for '''L'''inkö'''p'''ing Central Station in Sweden]]
A '''station code''' is
In most countries, station codes are purely alphabetic, usually compromising a few capital letters for ease of identification, in some countries one capital and one or some lowercase letters.
==Americas==
===United States===
Amtrak encodes a few stations in Canada which it serves.
==Asia==
===Hong Kong===
A three-letter code system is in use in the MTR to identify stations. For example, [[Whampoa station]] of the [[MTR]] has the code of WHA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whampoa {{!}} ExploreHK |url=https://explorehk.com/en/pedia/station/whampoa/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=explorehk.com}}</ref>
===India===
{{see also|List of railway stations in India}}
[[Indian Railways]] uses one- to four-letter codes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ - Railway Stations |url=https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-station.html |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.irfca.org}}</ref> Most stations of the Indian Railways are assigned three letter codes, for example, the station code for [[Mumbai Central railway station|Mumbai Central station]] is MMCT and for [[Guwahati railway station|Guwahati]] is GHY.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author-link=Indian Railways |date=10 October 2022 |title=Station codes |url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/Station_code.pdf |website=Indian Railways}}</ref>
'''One-letter station codes of the Indian Railways'''<ref name=":0" />
* G: [[Gondia Junction railway station]]
* J: [[Jalna railway station]]
* R: [[Raipur Junction railway station]]
* S: [[Shrirangapattana railway station]]
* Y: [[Yeliyur railway station]]
* Unallocated one-letter station codes of the Indian Railways include A, B, C, D, E, F, I, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, T, U, V, W, X and Z.
=== Japan ===
In Japan, alphabetic station codes are not used. Japanese railways use station numbering, a [[sign system]] which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations.
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|+Examples of station numbers
|{{TSSN|M|05}}
|[[Shin-nakano Station|Shin-nakano station]] on the [[Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2024 |title=Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line {{!}} Japan Travel by NAVITIME - Japan Travel Guides, Transit Search and Itinerary Planner |url=https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/railroad/00000766/ |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=NAVITIME}}</ref>
|-
|{{Tqsn|OM|16}}
|[[Mizonokuchi Station|Mizonokuchi station]] on the [[Tokyu Corporation|Tokyu]] [[Ōimachi Line]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2024 |title=Tokyu Oimachi Line {{!}} Japan Travel by NAVITIME - Japan Travel Guides, Transit Search and Itinerary Planner |url=https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/railroad/00000787/ |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=NAVITIME}}</ref>
|-
|{{JRSN|JY|19}}
|[[Harajuku Station|Harajuku station]] on the [[Yamanote Line]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2024 |title=JR Yamanote Line {{!}} Japan Travel by NAVITIME - Japan Travel Guides, Transit Search and Itinerary Planner |url=https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/railroad/00000141/ |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=NAVITIME}}</ref>
|}
===South Korea===
In [[South Korea]], station codes are purely numeric, to reduce the problem of [[language]] and [[writing system]] barriers. For example, [[Seoul Metropolitan Subway]]'s [[Singeumho station]] has the code of 538.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2022 |title=Metro Lines in Seoul |url=https://www.koreaorlmeeting.org/workshop/2020spring/file/Metro%20Lines%20in%20Seoul.pdf |website=KORL}}</ref>
==Europe==
===Denmark and Sweden===
{{see also|List of railway stations in Denmark}}
In [[Sweden]]<ref name=trafikplatsnamn/> and [[Denmark]], railway stations are assigned a capital letter followed by a sequence of lowercase letters that represent the station's name. For example, [[Stockholm commuter rail]]'s [[Stockholm City Station]] has the station code Sci.<ref name=trafikplatsnamn>[https://www.transportstyrelsen.se/globalassets/global/jarnvag/godkannande/trafikplatsnamn-21-03-01.pdf/ Aktuella trafikplatsnamn på järnväg, uppdaterad 2021-03-01]</ref> In Sweden the code is in a few cases a single capital letter, such as M for [[Malmö Central Station]].
===Germany===
[[Deutsche Bahn]] in Germany uses an alphabetic station code system called the ''DS 100 code'', for example, [[Luckenwalde station]] in [[Brandenburg]] has the station code BLD.<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=Deutsche Bahn |date=August 2015 |title=Übersicht der Betriebsstellen und deren Abkürzungen aus der Richtlinie 100 |url=https://fahrweg.dbnetze.com/resource/blob/1359908/f9d782b88f2c1224ac1192e2d4b5f6ff/betriebsstellen-data.pdf |website=Deutsche Bahn AG |language=German}}</ref>
===Norway===
Stations normally have a code of three capital letters, sometimes two letters. They are called "stedskoder" (___location codes). Examples: OSL=[[Oslo Central Station]], GAR=[[Oslo Airport Station]], TND=[[Trondheim Central Station]] and BO=[[Bodø Station]].<ref>[https://orv.banenor.no/sjn/doku.php?id=generell_del:1.1_jernbanenettets_inndeling#stedskoder 1. Generell del (1.1 - 1.4)]</ref>
===UK===
In England, Scotland and Wales of the UK, railway stations are assigned three-letter codes and are issued by National Rail and are called the Computer Reservation System (CRS).<ref name=":1" />
==See also==
* [[Station Numbering|Station numbering]]
▲* [[List of Amtrak station codes]], United States and Canada
▲* [[List of Deutsche Bahn station abbreviations]], Germany
▲* [[List of MTR station codes]], [[Hong Kong]], China
▲* [[UK railway stations]], [[Rail transport in Great Britain|Britain]].<ref>[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/codes/ List of National Rail Station codes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125233554/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/codes/ |date=November 25, 2012 }}</ref> Three-letter alpha codes (formerly called CRS codes - ''Computer Reservation System'') are issued by [[National Rail]] which is responsible for railways in [[Great Britain]]. Station codes are not used by Northern Ireland Railways for stations in [[Northern Ireland]].<!-- A quick look at refdata.dat in Avantix Traveller however yields codes like BFC for "BELFAST CENTRAL". Similarly UK station codes were assigned for other international destinations, such as BSA for Berlin Zoo, NAU for Nauen, ZRH for Zürich HB, and VIE for Vienna West Station. -->
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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