Introduction
- The table compares underground railway systems of six megalopolis in terms of their establishment, length and yearly passsengers.
- The table provides information about the figure for underground railway systems in differant cities.
- The table illustrates data about underground railways in 4 capital cities and 2 developed cities.
- The table provides information about the underground railways in six developed cities.
- The table compares subway railway systems in six developed cities.
Main body
As is clear from the table, subway systems were introduced earlier in europian capitals than the other cities with opening dates of 1863 in London and 1900 in Paris. The rest of the cities saw underground systems throughought the 20th century, apart from Los Angeles where it was only built in 2001.
In terms of length of routes, the capital cities have longer underground systems than non-capital cities with the dominance of London where it reaches 394 kilometres and it’s followed by Paris (199 km), Tokyo (155 km) and Washington DC (126 km). By contrast, the subway systems in Kyoto and Los Angeles constitute only 11km and 28 km respectively.
Regarding to the number of passengers, Tokio leads with its 1927 million people served per year, two times more than passengers in London, even though its systems’ length is nearly half of London’s. Paris makes up the second largest passenger numbers with just under 1200 millions a year. The last three cities served considerably less passengers, composing about 150 million people in Washington, three times higher than that of Kyoto and Los Angeles.
To summerise, the capital cities have substantially higher statistics than non-capitals for all three indicators.
Sample answer 2 written by Kozim
The diagram compares the underground systems in six different developed cities.
Overall, London has the oldest underground railway system with the longest kilometers of route. In terms of commuters, however, Tokyo serves the greatest number of passengers each year.
As shown in the table that Tokyo underground railway system was opened in 1927, 64 years later than London’s and 27 years later than Paris’s railway systems. Tokyo with only 155 kilometers of route, however, has the greatest number of travelers at 1927 million per year, almost threefold more than London’s capacity. Washington maintains a middle position with its 126 kilometers of route and 144 million passengers.
It is evident that Kyoto has the smallest system opened in 1981. It has only 11 kilometers of route and serves only for 45 million passengers a year. Los Angeles underground railway system is the newest one, opening in 2001. It has 28 kilometers of route with only 50 million passengers each year, 23 times lower than Paris’ volume.
