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 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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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, passengers, los, kyoto, million, kilometres with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 4 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 5 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • underground railway systems
  • kilometers of route
  • passenger numbers per year
  • millions
  • significance
  • historical context
  • correlate
  • infrastructure
  • efficiency
  • tourist traffic
  • correlation analysis
  • investment
  • municipal
  • expanding
  • usage
  • trends
  • observed
  • impact
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