The graph below shows the number of passenger railway journeys made in Great Britain between 1950 and 2004 5

The graph below shows the number of passenger railway journeys made in Great Britain between 1950 and 2004 5
The graph shows the
number
of commuters using
London
Correct article usage
the London
show examples
Underground, the national
rail
network
and the light
rail
and metro systems in Great Britain from 1950 to 2004/5.
Overall
, the
number
of passenger
journeys
made on the three systems increased, but on
London
Underground
Add a comma
,Underground
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it increased dramatically. The most striking figure was that one billion
journeys
were made a year on the national
rail
network
in the 1950s. At that time, the
London
Underground was carrying around 750
million
passengers and they fell to 500
million
in 1980 compared to 600
million
on the national
rail
network
. From the beginning of the 1980s, the
number
of passenger
journeys
on all three main ways of transport rose rapidly. The
number
of passengers on
London
Correct article usage
the London
show examples
Underground and the national
rail
network
were
Change the verb form
was
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very similar throughout the remaining period, rising to approximately 1.1 billion in 2004/5. The period ended with the national railway slightly higher than the starting point and
London
Underground in
second
place with just under 1 billion passengers and light and metro
at
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in
show examples
third
place with approximately 200
million
passenger
journeys
.

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