Wikipedia:WikiProject Stations/Station names

This advice page supplements WP:NCSTATION by listing regional practices around how station articles are titled. Not all the listings in the table below have been accepted a guideline. Some are WikiProject advice pages, while others are simply observations of how article titling has been occurring in a particular area.

Country / Area	Guidelines/relevant discussions	Practices	Comments
Australia	WikiProject advice	Foo railway station
Austria		Foo railway station (main line) Foo station (U-Bahn)
Canada	guideline	Foo station
China	guideline
Dominican Republic	none	Foo metro station	All were created by the same user; there are only metro stations in the country
France	guideline	Foo station	See discussion
Germany	guideline	Foo Hauptbahnhof Foo station
India		Foo railway station Foo Junction railway station Foo metro station
Ireland	guideline	Foo railway station (main line) Foo station (metro and tram)	Northern Ireland is covered by the UK guideline
Japan	guideline	Foo Station
Mexico	RM	Foo metro station	only for rapid transit; the number of articles on railway stations is presumed to be small
Netherlands		Foo metro station Foo railway station Foo station	Foo station is used for proper names But there are unexplicable exceptions
New Zealand	WikiProject advice	Foo railway station
Panama	RM	Foo metro station	Two stations on the Panama Canal Railway do not have articles
Poland	guideline	Foo railway station; Foo metro station; Foo station for combinations
Russia	none	Complete disorder; random moves occur
Singapore		Foo MRT station Foo LRT station	All articles uses lower case for the station.
South Korea		Foo Station Foo station	Mixture of upper and lower for station was used in article. For example Seoul Station uses upper case while Busan station uses lower case for the station.
Switzerland		Foo railway station (main line) Foo station (Lausanne Métro) Foo tram stop
Taiwan	discussion		Draft guideline did not achieve consensus in 2018.
United Kingdom	guideline	Foo railway station; custom names for rapid transit; Foo station for intermodal
United States	guideline	Foo station; default to common names
Uzbekistan	none	Foo (Tashkent Metro)	No articles on any railway stations except for Tashkent Metro

See also User:Mackensen/Naming conventions (railway stations in Europe)