The table below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities.

The table presents data on the underground railway

networks

in six cities.

Overall

, the three oldest systems, in London, Paris and Tokyo, have longer routes and carry many more passengers every year than the three in Washington DC, Kyoto and Los

Angelas

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Angeles

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. Opening in 1863 and covering 394

kilometers

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,

London’s

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London

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is the oldest and longest of the systems in the six cities. Railway systems opened in Paris in 1900 and Tokyo in 1927. Even though they are less than 200

kilometers

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long, they have the largest annual passenger numbers, at 1927

million

for Tokyo and 1191

million

for Paris. Kyoto and Los Angeles were the

last

two of these cities to have their own railway

networks

. These two

networks

also

have the shortest routes, at 11 and 28

kilometers

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respectively, and are used by the smallest numbers of passengers per year, at 45 and 50

million

respectively. Compared with the two

networks

mentioned above, the one in Washington DC is relatively long, at 126

kilometers

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, and has a relatively large yearly passenger count, at 144

million

.