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Suppose I'm at a bank and all the service counters are numbered. How can you
say something like:

> Please come to counter number 2.

If all the counters were active and numbered in order then I guess I could
say:

> 2番目のカウンタに来てください。

Is this natural?

But if counter number 2 is closed then the second counter would be counter
number 3. So how can I refer to the counter by it's labelled number rather
than it's position in a sequence.
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How to refer to a place by number
> 「2番窓口{ばんまどぐち}」

would be the most common way to refer to it. In banks, 「窓口」 would be far more
common than 「カウンター」.

It would sound pretty wordy if you added 「目{め}」 and 「の」. Using 「の」 is still
possible, but using「目」 is not when the counters are already numbered.

「来{き}てください」 is not as polite as it might look. A clerk/teller would use
「お越{こ}しください」 or 「お願{ねが}いいたします」.

> 「2番窓口 **まで** お願いいたします。」

without using the verb "to come" would be the common announcement.
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