The first graph gives the number of passengers travelling by train in Sydney. The second graph provides information on the percentage of trains running on time.

The first line graph illustrates passenger numbers in Sydney,

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the second line chart depicts the proportion of trains running over a nine-year period, from 1995 to 2004.

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, these categories experienced opposite trends, with the former increasing and the latter decreasing throughout the time frame, respectively.

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the first graph, the figure for passengers

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was 250

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, followed by a slight increase to 260

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in 2016. The count leveled off for one year, before experiencing a minimal rise to approximately 265

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in 1999. By 2001, the total number of passengers had significantly increased to 300

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, after which the numbers moderately declined the following year.

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, the number of passengers remained unchanged in the final two years. The second chart shows that in the beginning, the percentage of trains running was about 92

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.

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was followed by a considerable decrease to 85

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in 1997. The proportion of them increased noticeably until 1999, reaching its peak at around 94%. After a marked drop in 2000, which was the same as in 1997, the share of trains running went up again to 94% in 2002. The percentage saw a steep decline to roughly three-quarters by the end of the given period.