Rules for renaming railway lines and stations of Vietnam

According to Decree No. 56/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, renaming railway lines and stations shall comply with the following rules:

Naming and renaming railway lines and stations

- Existing railway lines and stations retain their existing name;

- The naming of any existing railway line and station complies with regulations of this Decree on the basis of the request of the People’s Committee of the province which the railway passes through;

- A railway line is named after the starting point and ending point of such line or named using ordinal numbers or continuous characters. The starting or ending point is the name of the place where the origin station or terminus of the line is located;

- In case a branch railway line is connected to a main railway line, the starting point of the railway line is from the connection between the branch railway line and the main railway line;

- The railway station is named after a place, historical figure, national hero, or historic site at the location where the railway station is located, or named using ordinal numbers or characters;

- Names of railway stations on a line should not be identical to each other, conform to national cultural identity and fine traditions and customs of the administrative divisions where such railway stations are located and the country.

Power to name and rename railway lines and stations

- The Minister of Transport shall decide to name and rename national railway lines and stations;

- The People's Council of the province shall decide to name and rename urban railway lines and stations under its management;

- Investors shall decide to name and rename dedicated urban railway lines and stations in which they invested.

Procedures for naming and renaming existing railway lines and stations

- A written request of the People's Committee of the province which the railway line passes through shall be submitted to the competent authority;

- The investor who decides to name and rename existing railway lines and stations shall comply with regulations.

Decree No. 56/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from July 01, 2018.

-Thao Uyen-

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