>the trains stop exactly in the same place on the station, so the are markers for each card & door on the platform They do this on Japanese subways too, becaus

>the trains stop exactly in the same place on the station, so the are markers for each card & door on the platform They do this on Japanese subways too, because many stations have gates that the train has to line up with. This would be completely impossible in America. Anyone who's ridden the DC Metro would know this: there is absolutely no way you could get American train operators to stop the train that precisely. Trains here stop with variances of many car-lengths.