diff --git a/server/models/station.py b/server/models/station.py
index 5488d99..b8b6a33 100644
--- a/server/models/station.py
+++ b/server/models/station.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Station(Base):
     __tablename__ = "stations"
 
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
-    code: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(100), unique=True, nullable=False, index=True)
+    code: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(100), nullable=False, index=True)
     name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(255), nullable=False)
     location: Mapped[Optional[str]] = mapped_column(String(255), nullable=True)
     notes: Mapped[Optional[str]] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Station(Base):
     )
 
     __table_args__ = (
+        UniqueConstraint("code", name="uq_stations_code"),
         {"mysql_engine": "InnoDB", "mysql_charset": "utf8mb4"},
     )
 
diff --git a/server/tests/test_station_model.py b/server/tests/test_station_model.py
index cb5daf6..5935bac 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_station_model.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_station_model.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Test the Station and StationRecipeAssignment ORM models."""
 import pytest
 from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from models.station import Station, StationRecipeAssignment
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ async def test_create_station(db_session: AsyncSession):
 
 
 async def test_station_code_is_unique(db_session: AsyncSession):
-    from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
     admin = await _create_user(db_session, username="admin2", is_admin=True)
     db_session.add(Station(code="ST-DUP", name="A", created_by=admin.id))
     await db_session.flush()
@@ -53,3 +53,21 @@ async def test_assign_recipe_to_station(db_session: AsyncSession):
     assignments = result.scalars().all()
     assert len(assignments) == 1
     assert assignments[0].recipe_id == recipe.id
+
+
+async def test_duplicate_assignment_is_rejected(db_session: AsyncSession):
+    admin = await _create_user(db_session, username="admin4", is_admin=True)
+    station = Station(code="ST-003", name="Linea 3", created_by=admin.id)
+    db_session.add(station)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    recipe = await create_test_recipe(db_session, user_id=admin.id, code="REC-Y")
+    db_session.add(StationRecipeAssignment(
+        station_id=station.id, recipe_id=recipe.id, assigned_by=admin.id,
+    ))
+    await db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(StationRecipeAssignment(
+        station_id=station.id, recipe_id=recipe.id, assigned_by=admin.id,
+    ))
+    with pytest.raises(IntegrityError):
+        await db_session.flush()
+    await db_session.rollback()