STOPPING POSITION CONTROL METHOD, STOPPING POSITION CONTROL DEVICE, AND STOPPING POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM

A controller (20) comprises an extraction unit (215) that extracts stop-scheduled vehicles, which are vehicles that are scheduled to stop in the stopping area; an arrival time calculation unit (214) that calculates arrival times when the stop-scheduled vehicles will arrive at the stopping area based at least on user-side information of users who use the stop-scheduled vehicles, or on position information of the stop-scheduled vehicles; a departure time calculation unit (216) that calculates, based on the arrival times and times required for boarding and deboarding, a scheduled order of departure indicating the order in which the stop-scheduled vehicles will depart the stopping area after having stopped in the stopping area; a stop location calculation unit (217) that calculates stop locations of the stop-scheduled vehicles based on the scheduled departure order; and a transmission unit (23) that transmits information indicating the stop locations to the stop-scheduled vehicles.