The table illustrates information about the opening dates, the total distance of the routes, and the number of annual passengers of the railway systems in six major cities around the world.
Overall, the railway system in London has the longest history and distance, while Tokyo’s railway system provides services to more people than other railway systems in the given cities. Also, the shortest railway is in Kyoto and it has the least number of annual passengers. The most newly built railway system among the given metropolitan cities is in Los Angeles.
London ‘s railway system was built in 1863 with 394 kilometres long. It is the only given system that was built in the nineteenth century and has the distance of route more than 200 kilometres. Railway systems in Paris, Tokyo, Washington DC and Kyoto were kicked off in the twenty century and Los Angeles didn’t have railway until 2001.
Compared to 199 kilometres in Paris, 155 kilometres in Tokyo, 126 kilometres in Washington DC, the distance of the routes in Los Angeles and Kyoto are remarkably shorter, which are 11 kilometres and 28 kilometres, respectively. There are also differences in the number of annual passengers between the cities could be seen. Tokyo’s railway serves 1927 million people in a year, while only 42 million people used the railway in Kyoto.