Underground (MRT) observations

I've been using the underground a bit lately, which is one of the best way to get some sort of physical relationship to the map of a new city. It's all very exciting, and I though I'd share an interesting observation.

These people take their queing seriously! At some (most?) stops, they hvae lines drawn on the floor to indicate the queing lanes, or like in the other photo, how you should be standing on the sides to let people off before bording.
How organized is that?!!!



So I asked myself, naturally: is this civilization so evolved that it had established multiple systems for queing? Are these people the world experts in queing?

I don't know the answer. However, I do know that in a station without such markings on the floor, it was almost impossible to get off with all the pushing and jostling.

Another, rather meaningless, observation: Hong Kong underground is called MTR, whereas it's MRT here. Why can't we just standardize on one acronym across the world, people!?