The table compares underground railway systems in six cities in terms of the year they opened, the length of their routes and their annual passenger numbers.
Overall
, London has the oldest and longest underground railway Linking Words
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whereas
Los Angeles has the most recently opened one. Tokyo carries the highest number of Linking Words
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while
Kyoto has both the shortest Linking Words
route
and the lowest passenger figure.
London’s underground Use synonyms
system
, which opened in 1863, is the oldest of the six and has by far the longest Use synonyms
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, at 394 Use synonyms
kilometres
. Paris began operating in 1900 and has a considerably shorter network of 199 Use synonyms
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Nevertheless
, it serves 1,191 Linking Words
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annually, compared with 775 Use synonyms
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was opened in 1927 and covers 155 Use synonyms
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than London and Paris, it is the busiest Use synonyms
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, carrying 1,927 Use synonyms
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per year.
Regarding the newer systems, Washington DC’s underground railway was opened in 1976. Its Use synonyms
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annually. Kyoto, which began operating in 1981, has the shortest network, at only 11 Use synonyms
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, and serves 45 Use synonyms
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Finally
, Los Angeles has the newest Linking Words
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, opened in 2001. It has a 28-kilometre Use synonyms
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