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<p>The Office of Rail and Road publishes annual statistics on regional rail usage.
The number of rail journeys made to/from and within the North West region in each
of the last 20 years is presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rail journeys to, from
and within the North West: from 1997-98</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total
Journeys (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>49,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>50,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>52,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>51,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>51,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>51,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>55,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>58,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>64,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>67,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>71,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09
(*)</p></td><td><p>105,819</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>106,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>111,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>115,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>113,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>121,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>124,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>128,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>133,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>134,420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Office of Rail and Road</p><p> </p><p>(*) Methodological changes have
improved these statistics over time. Most notably from 2008-09, new estimates of rail
travel in passenger transport executives (PTEs) areas were included in the dataset
for the first time, providing a more complete representation of rail passenger journeys.</p><p>
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