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.

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of people who travelled by train,

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the secondary graph illustrates the proportion of

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that came on time in Sydney.

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, train travel became more popular over the

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,

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the percentage of

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running late had increased. In 1995, a quarter of a billion people were recorded using

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.

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gradually increased over a 4-year

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, reaching approximately 265 million. The following three years saw

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figure rise to 300 million, which was the highest

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of passengers recorded during the

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. A sharp decline followed, and in 2002 there were 280 million travellers by train.

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stayed stable and by the end until the end. The percentage of

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that were late in 1995 was estimated to be around 7%;

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increased consistently for 2 years, and by 1997 it rose to 14 per cent of

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being late.

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, the on-time rate fluctuated for 6 years, peaking at 93%. During

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, the lowest point was in 2000, when only 85% of

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ran on time.

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, in 2004, punctuality declined sharply, with only 73% of

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arriving on time.

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was the lowest figure throughout the

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