The table shows data about underground railway systems in six major cities with the date they opened, kilometers of route, and passenger numbers per year in millions. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates data about the

subway

railway

system in

London

, Paris,

Tokyo

, Washington DC, Kyoto, and Los Angeles with given information about the date it opened, the distance of each

route

, and the

number

of

passengers

per

year

.

Overall

, it is clear from the information that

London

, Paris, and

Tokyo

had the highest

number

of

passengers

and longest underground railways compared to Washington DC, Kyoto, and Los Angeles. In 1863, the first

subway

railway

station

opened in

London

with nearly 400 Km of

route

.

However

, the

number

of

passengers

per

year

(in millions) did not exceed 775,

while

in Paris, it was 1191 million per

year

, with almost half of the

route

length. In

Tokyo

, 64 years after

London

station

opening,

Tokyo

railway

station

opened officially with just 155 Km of

route

, but with the highest

number

of

passengers

using the

subway

per

year

among all the other counties mentioned. In 1976, the Washington DC

subway

station

opened its doors for

passengers

with 126

kilometers

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kilometres

show examples

of

route

, but the

number

of users stopped at 144 per

year

. In 1981 and 2001, Kyoto and Los Angeles opened their stations, respectively.

Moreover

, the length of the

railway

did not exceed 28 Km,

whereas

the passenger

number

also

does not break the edge of 50 million per

year

.