The table below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. Make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates data regarding underground railways from six large cities in various parts of the world, showing the year opened, kilometres of the

route

and yearly passenger numbers in millions.

Overall

, London and Paris have the oldest underground train system in the world, compared to Los Angeles, which is relatively new.

Passengers

for Tokyo are the highest,

in contrast

to Kyoto, which has the lowest number of yearly

passengers

and the shortest

route

. In terms of older railway systems, the London Underground, which opened in 1863, is the oldest network. It is

also

the most extensive with 394 kilometers of

route

. The railway system in Paris, which was opened in 1900, is approximately half the size and serves more

passengers

.

Finally

, the underground in Tokyo is the busiest of the three with 1928 million

passengers

yearly and 155 kilometers of

route

. Regarding the three other newer railway systems, Washington D.C. has the longest

route

of the three.

On the contrary

, Kyoto has only 11 kilometres of

route

and the lowest passenger numbers of all the cities with 45 million

passengers

yearly.

Following

this

, Los Angeles, which opened in 2001, has 28 kilometres of track and serves 50 million

passengers

per year.