The Graph below shows the number of passenger railways
journeys made in Great Britain between 1950 and 2005.
Summarize the
information by selecting and rpoeting the main features, and make comparisonbs
where relevant.
Write at least 150 words
IELTS WRITING TASK 1 number of passenger railways journeys made in Great Britain |
The present line graph highlights and
compares changes in passenger traffic in three rail networks in Britain from 1950
and 2004/05
Quite strikingly, national rail network and London
underground witnessed nearly similar pattern while number of passenger railway
journeys made on light rail and metro station had a contrasting pattern.
In 1950 the number of passengers using national
rail network was 1000 and London underground was approximately 745 million.
From 1950 to 1975 while the former experience an initial rise to almost 1100
million and then consistently fell the traffic on the later remained constant .
However , after that both the networks experienced a dip touching 745 million
and 500 million respectively .
Post this period there was a rise in number
of annual passengers on both the networks after surpassing each other several
times London underground crossed 1000 million mark . In national rail network
touched almost these numbers .
However , the growth in third network was
unremarkable from approximately 100 million to 200 million from 1962 to 2004/5