The letter indicates at which line the station is, the number which station counted from one of the line's terminal stations.

The number is composed of a western letter and two digits. Finally, stop the train 5 m before the end of the lay-up track, then move the train carefully forward to the indicated stop position.įrom Ap(no April fools' joke) every station in the Tokyo subway has a normal station name in Japanese, but also a number. In the depot yard a place to stop again is indicated before the lay-up tracks. Stop by that sign and wait until a yellow light in the distance becomes lit indicating that the road crossing protection ahead is activated. The following applies when driving from the Ueno station and to the depot: On the track to the depot is a stop sign in the track (white board with a circle in black with a horizontal line through the circle).