The table illustrates details
about the subway systems
selected from six different
cities.
Overall, three cities opened
earliest with highest kilometres of route and passengers per year were London, Paris and Tokyo; whereas
the rest cities such as Washington DC, Kyoto and Los Angleles were opened later with less recorded
number on the same catergories.
In detail, London was the oldest underground railway system with 394 kilometres of routes; however the
number of travelers recorded 775 millions per year was not as many as in Paris and Tokyo. Building later
London in 1900, Paris subway system had a huge number of visitors about 1191 millions, although its
route was approximately a half of route in London. The most significant number of passengers could be
seen in Tokyo with 1927 millions every year despite the later date opened.
On the second group with latest systems and smaller extension, these three cities had railway networks
under 130 kilometres and were shorter than the oldest group. Turning to the number of travellers, the
data recorded was very low comparing to the first group. The system in Kyoto was the smallest network
and served passengers at the bottom, just 45 millions; while Los Angles was the newest system with 28
kilometres long and 50 millions visitors per year.