The table shows information about metro systems in six different cities. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The table illustrates details about underground transport in six urban areas. The units are measured in numbers, miles, billions and US dollars.
Overall
, it can be seen that the New York subway has the biggest number of lines and the longest route, but most journeys per year are made in Beijing, which also
has one of the lowest costs of tickets.
New York City Subway contains 24 lines and 659 miles of overall
length, therefore
it is the biggest and longest of them all. London Tube is the most expensive with a price of a single ride at 7.3 dollars and Tokyo is in the second position of people travelling with it with 3.1 billion rides per year.
Paris and Mexico are quite similar in most of the categories ( Paris 16 lines, 127 miles, 1.5 journeys and Mexico with 12, 140 and 1.6 respectively). However
, there is one significant difference in the payment and Mexico Metro is the cheapest from all other countries. Beijing rises above the others with stunning 3.6 million people using this
kind of transport annually.Submitted by delulcheva on
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