The table below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The data given in the table illustrates the underground

railway

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system of six different

cities

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in different countries.

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, only one city opened the underground system very early and had the longest

railway

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route

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.

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, other

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opened it very later and the number of passengers is bigger than it. Some

cities

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had

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a very short

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for the

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.

London

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opened the

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track

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very early in 1863

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two other

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opened it after an interval of probably 27 years. The

route

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to

London

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was the longest

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,

that is

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394 kilometres but people in Tokyo travelled more every year. The length of the

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of Paris was approximately half of the length of

London

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’s

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and started after 150 years of

London

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. The

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track

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opened in 2001 in the city of America, Los Angeles, which was the second shortest

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and about 50 million people travelled every year. Washington DC started its rail line 100 years after

London

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, in 1976 and the number of passengers in it is almost 3 times of America’s other city Los Angeles.