JNSwiki:Style

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This is similar to the main Wikipedia Manual of Style and Wikipedia Manual of Style (Japan-related articles), and Wikipedia Trains in Japan Manual of Style) and is intended to augment them for use in articles about Trains in Japan.

Station names

The following is excerpted from the Wikipedia Manual of Style for Japan-related articles:

• The default name is X Station.
• When necessary, disambiguate by geographical location: Y Station -> Y Station (Prefecture) -> Y Station (Prefecture, City).
• Stations on private lines that have the same name as other train or subway stations in the same prefecture are disambiguated as Z Station (PrivateCo). For example, there are two stations named Asakusa Station both located in Asakusa, Tokyo. One is an interchange station of 3 different train companies and one is a smaller station of the Tsukuba Express. The major station is default Asakusa Station while the Tsukuba Express station is Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express).

Line names

Currently, railway line names are in the form Y Line (translated from Y線, -sen). Train lines referred to as Z本線 (-honsen) in Japanese are given the form Z Main Line (notice: two words, all caps).

In cases where there are two or more train lines of the same name, the name of the region/prefecture is added after the name. For example, Namboku Line (Kobe).

Rolling stock names

The following style conventions are suggested for the names of rolling stock articles. Se all the discussion at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Trains in Japan.

• Katakana prefixes should be rendered in ALL CAPS with a following space (e.g. OHANEFU 24).
• Rolling stock should be prefixed with the railway name (e.g. "Odakyū 50000 Series EMU", "JNR 201 Series").
• Shinkansen: "JNR 0 Series Shinkansen"
• Diesel locomotives: "JNR Class DD51" for JNR, "JR Freight Class DF200" for post-privatization locos.
• Electric locomotives: "JNR Class EF58" for JNR, "JR Freight Class EH200" for post-privatization locos.
• EMUs: "JR East E233 Series" where "系" is used in the Japanese, and "Keisei AE100 Class" where "形” is used.
• DMUs: "JR East KIHA E200" where "形" is used in the Japanese, and "JR East KIHA E130 series" where "系" is used.
• Passenger cars: "JR East E26 Series Passenger Car"
• Freight cars: "JR Freight Class KOKI 106"