The table shows data about underground railway systems in six major cities with data opened, kilometers of route and passenger numbers per year in millions.
The table below compares six different underground systems in terms of their opening date, length and the
number
of passengers
per year.
Overall
, it can be seen that the London Underground is one of the oldest and longest, while
the highest number
of passengers
on the Tokyo Underground. In contrast
, Los
Angeles and Kyoto
are the youngest underground with the fewest number
of passengers
.
London was opened in 1863 and has the longest route (394 km), 775 million
passengers
use it annually. The second oldest station is in Paris, with 199 kilometres
of route and 1191 million
passengers
per year. Although
the Tokyo underground was established in 1927, it has the highest number
of passengers
every year, with 1927 millions of people.
With regards to the remaining Underground railway systems, the youngest was in Los
Angelos, which was set up in 2001; meanwhile, Kyoto
in 1981 and Washington DC in 1976. The number
of passengers
in Washington DC accounts for 144 million
people compared to Kyoto
and Los
Angeles which have 45 and 50 million
people respectively. Washington DC has 126 kilometres
of the route as opposed to the shortest railway in Kyoto
(11 kilometres
) and Los
Angelos (28 kilometres
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