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 | This is an advice page from WikiProject Stations. This page is not an encyclopedic article, nor one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community.
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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 |
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| Australia | WikiProject advice | Foo railway station | |
| Austria |
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| 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 |
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| Ireland | guideline |
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Northern Ireland is covered by the UK guideline |
| Japan | guideline |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| United States | guideline | Foo station; default to common names |
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| 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)