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