Station numbering

It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language[1] by using globally understood characters (Latin letters and Arabic numbers).

The system is now in use by various railway companies around the world such as in mainland China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States.

Another method to avoid duplicated line symbols is to assign them in an alphabetical order (A to Z) regardless to the abbreviations.

[7] Another group of examples of such exceptions is found among minor branch lines operated by Seibu Railway of Japan.

Likewise, there are several possible methods to number the new stations constructed after the initial opening of the railway line.