Band 9: The graph below shows the number of passengers using four types of public transport in a European city between 2000 and 2025. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph compares the number of residents using buses, metro, trams and bicycle-sharing services in a European city from 2000 to 2025.

Overall, buses were the most popular transport and demonstrated a downward pattern, compared with the remaining transport that had an upward pattern. Metro increased sharply and finished as by far the largest category, while others finished at the same point by the end of the period.

In 2000, the figure for buses stood at about 41 million people, which was the largest number. Until 2005, it climbed slightly and reached approximately 46 million, before falling substantially to 30 million by 2025.

By contrast, the remaining types of transport recorded a steady growth. Initially, the figure for the metro accounted for 25 million and increased sharply to almost 60 million, becoming the largest type of transport by 2025. In 2000, trams and bicycle-sharing services stood at 16 million and 1 million, respectively, before both growing to nearly 30 million by 2025.