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

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and yearly passenger numbers in millions.

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

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for Tokyo are the highest,

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to Kyoto, which has the lowest number of yearly

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and the shortest

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

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the most extensive with 394 kilometers of

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

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.

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

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yearly and 155 kilometers of

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

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of the three.

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, Kyoto has only 11 kilometres of

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

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yearly.

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

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per year.