Task 1 Underground Railways Systems
The table shows some details about underground railway systems in six cities, namely,
London, Pairs, Tokyo, Washington DC, Kyoto and Los Angeles.
London was the first city that opened underground railways systems in 1863, while Los Angels
was the last one in 2001. As for the other four countries, all of them opened the underground
railways in 1900s.
The route in London is also the largest, approximately 400 kilometers. Those of Pairs, Tokyo
and Washington DC are between 100 and 200 kilometers. The lengths of underground railways
are short in Kyoto and Los Angeles (11 kilometers and 28 kilometers respectively).
Tokyo with 155 kilometers of route has the largest amount of passengers (1927 millions). It
is followed by that of Pairs, London and Washington DC. Passengers in Kyoto and Los Angeles