Writing Task 1 - Underground Railway Systems

Task 1 requires to write at least 150 words. We should spend around 20 minutes on this task. This is my answer about the following topic:

The table below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

City	Date Opened	Kilometres of Route	Passengers per Year (in millions)
London	1863	394	775
Paris	1900	199	1191
Tokyo	1927	155	1927
Washington DC	1976	126	144
Kyoto	1981	11	45
Los Angeles	2001	28	50

The table reveals three categories of information about underground railway systems in six cities, namely date opened, its length, and a total number of its passenger annually.

The underground railway system in London, which was firstly operated in 1863, is the oldest among the others. 143 years after that, precisely in 1900, Paris opened its railway system. It was followed by Tokyo, Washington DC, and Kyoto, which began running their railway system in the year 1927, 1976, 1981 respectively. Meanwhile, the railway system in Los Angeles, which was operated in 2001, was recorded as the newest one.

In terms of length, London is rated the first with 394 kilometers long. The next is Paris which is practically half the length of London's. This is then followed by Tokyo, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, with Kyoto completing the table in the last rank. Its railway route -11 kilometers long- accounts for approximately fiveteen times less than that of Tokyo (155 kilometers).

Turning to the total number of passengers in a year, Tokyo has the greatest number among others, with 1927 millions passengers, eventhough it ranked the third in length of the railway route. Paris came as the second serving 1191 millions passengers per year. Similar to its rank in length, Kyoto occupied the last rank, with only 45 million passengers.

Overall, the older the railway system, the longer the route of the railway system.
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