Station code

A station code is a brief, standardised abbreviation, or alphanumeric code, used by railways to identify a railway station uniquely (within a country or region). Codes are mostly used internally but can be seen on railway traffic signs and on some timetables.

Station code Lp for Linköping Central Station in Sweden

Formatting

In most countries, station codes are purely alphabetic, usually compromising three capital letters for ease of identification. For example, Whampoa station of the MTR has the code of WHA.[1] Indian Railways uses one- to four-letter codes.[2] Most stations of the Indian Railways are assigned three letter codes, for example, the station code for Mumbai Central station is BCT.[3]

One-letter station codes of the Indian Railways[3]

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), this is not the case in Northern Ireland.[4] In Scandinavia, 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. 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.[5] 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.[6]

Lists

Standards for station codes in different countries include:

See also

References
  1. "Whampoa | ExploreHK". explorehk.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  2. "[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ - Railway Stations". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. "Station codes" (PDF). Indian Railways. 10 October 2022.
  4. List of National Rail Station codes Archived November 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Übersicht der Betriebsstellen und deren Abkürzungen aus der Richtlinie 100" (PDF). Deutsche Bahn AG (in German). August 2015.
  6. "Metro Lines in Seoul" (PDF). KORL. 10 October 2022.
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