A stop location control method using a controller for controlling stop locations of a plurality of vehicles that stop in a stopping area for allowing users to board and deboard, comprising steps of: acquiring, by the controller, position information from the vehicles, acquiring, by the controller, user-side information including position information of the users who use the vehicles or reservation information pertaining to the vehicles reserved by the users, extracting, by the controller, stop-scheduled vehicles, which are scheduled to stop in the stopping area from among the vehicles, calculating, by the controller, arrival times when the stop-scheduled vehicles will arrive at the stopping area based on the user-side information of the users who use the stop-scheduled vehicles, or based on position information of the stop-scheduled vehicles, calculating, by the controller, a scheduled departure order indicating an order in which the stop-scheduled vehicles will depart the stopping area after having stopped in the stopping area, calculating, by the controller, stop locations of the stop-scheduled vehicles, and transmitting, by the controller, information indicating the stop locations to the stop-scheduled vehicles, characterised in that the calculation of the stop locations of the stop-scheduled vehicles is performed based on the scheduled departure order, of two stop-scheduled vehicles that occupy different positions in the order of departure, the stop-scheduled vehicle which is earlier in the scheduled order of departure is defined as a first stop-scheduled vehicle, and the stop-scheduled vehicle which is later in the scheduled order of departure is defined as a second stop-scheduled vehicle, and in the case that the first stop-scheduled vehicle arrives at the stopping area before the second stop-scheduled vehicle, calculating, by the controller, the stop location of the second stop-scheduled vehicle such that the distance between the first stop-scheduled vehicle and the second stop-scheduled vehicle becomes smaller compared with the case in which the first stop-scheduled vehicle arrives at the stopping area later than the second stop-scheduled vehicle. acquiring, by the controller, position information from the vehicles, acquiring, by the controller, user-side information including position information of the users who use the vehicles or reservation information pertaining to the vehicles reserved by the users, extracting, by the controller, stop-scheduled vehicles, which are scheduled to stop in the stopping area from among the vehicles, calculating, by the controller, arrival times when the stop-scheduled vehicles will arrive at the stopping area based on the user-side information of the users who use the stop-scheduled vehicles, or based on position information of the stop-scheduled vehicles, calculating, by the controller, a scheduled departure order indicating an order in which the stop-scheduled vehicles will depart the stopping area after having stopped in the stopping area, calculating, by the controller, stop locations of the stop-scheduled vehicles, and transmitting, by the controller, information indicating the stop locations to the stop-scheduled vehicles, characterised in that the calculation of the stop locations of the stop-scheduled vehicles is performed based on the scheduled departure order, of two stop-scheduled vehicles that occupy different positions in the order of departure, the stop-scheduled vehicle which is earlier in the scheduled order of departure is defined as a first stop-scheduled vehicle, and the stop-scheduled vehicle which is later in the scheduled order of departure is defined as a second stop-scheduled vehicle, and in the case that the first stop-scheduled vehicle arrives at the stopping area before the second stop-scheduled vehicle, calculating, by the controller, the stop location of the second stop-scheduled vehicle such that the distance between the first stop-scheduled vehicle and the second stop-scheduled vehicle becomes smaller compared with the case in which the first stop-scheduled vehicle arrives at the stopping area later than the second stop-scheduled vehicle.