Railway station data

Multi-lingual overseas station signs

Last update 1 July 2024

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This list shows a selection of overseas railway stations displaying bilingual signs. To qualify for this list, a station must be in a non-English speaking country and one language must be English; there can be any number of other languages displayed.

At this stage, image evidence is mainly as supplied by readers.

Belgium

Brussels Midi has notices in French, Dutch, German and English.

Liège-Guillemins has warning notices in Dutch, French, German and English.

China

Qingdao has no smoking notices in Chinese and English.

Denmark

Danish name English name
Aarhus H tram stop Aarhus Central Station
Københavns Lufthavn Copenhagen Airport
København H Copenhagen Central Station

Germany

German name English name
Flughafen BER BER Airport
Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbarnhof Frankfurt am Main Airport Long distance trains

Many stations have exit signs in German and English.

Bad Wilsnack and many other stations have high speed train warning signs in German and English.

Düsseldorf Hbf and Essen Hbf have welcome notices in German, English and many other languages.

Frankfurt am Main and Fuerth have no smoking notices in German and English.

Köln Hbf has warning notices in German and English.

München has combined welcome and no smoking notices in German and English.

Norderstedt Mitte has ticket machines in German and English.

Ohlsdorf has a warning notice in German and English.

Potsdam and Erfurt have smoking area notices in German and English.

Stuttgart Neckarpark and Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof have exit signs in German, English and French.

Wannsee, Sundgauer, Beusselstraße, Babelsberg, Potsdam and others have ticket machines in German, English and Italian.

Warnemünde has no smoking notices in German and English.

India

The Delhi metro has bilingual Hindi and English signs. Not many stations are known at present.

Hindi name English name
बेल्वडेयर टाॅवर्स Belvedere Towers
केन्द्रीय सचिवालय Central Secretariat
चाँदनी चौक Chandni Chowk
चावड़ी बाजार Chawri Bazar
द्वारका मोड़ Dwarka Mor
झंडेवालान Jhandewalan
जे एल एन स्टेडियमस् JLN Stadium
कालकाजी मंदिर Kalkaji Mandir
करोल बाग Karol Bagh
कश्मीरी गेट Kashmere Gate
लाल किला Lal Quila
मणडी हाउस Mandi House
नई दिल्ली New Delhi
पुल बंगश Pulbangash
राजेद्र प्लेस Rajendra Place
रामकृष्ण आश्रम मार्ग Ramakrishna Ashram Marg
सिकन्दरपुर Sikanderpur
तिलक नगर Tilak Nagar

Sri Lanka

Sinhala name Tamil name English name
මහනුවර கண்டி Kandy

Switzerland

Interlaken West has warning notices in German, French, Italian and English.