The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport.

The amount of

goods

transported by four different modes of transport, namely

road

,

water

, rail and

pipeline

in the UK over a 28-year

period

from 1974 to 2002 is shown in the line graph. The

quantity

is expressed in

million

tonnes

.

Overall

, the highest amount of

goods

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transported via

road

whereas

pipeline

remained the least commonly used mode of

transportation

over the entire

period

.

Although

there were some fluctuations, transport by

road

,

water

and

pipeline

showed an upward trend

while

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whereas

transportation

via rail reduced for a

while

before returning to the same levels. In 1974, around 70

million

tonnes

of

goods

were transported by

road

and

this

quantity

rose to about 100

million

tonnes

towards the end of the

period

.

Pipeline

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transported 5

million

tonnes

of

goods

in 1974.

This

figure increased steadily over the years and in 2002, about 20

million

tonnes

of

goods

were transported using

this

means. Both

water

and railways transported about 40

million

tonnes

of

goods

in 1974 and that

quantity

remained more or less the same over the

next

four years. Afterwards,

transportation

by

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rose,

whereas

transportation

by railways declined. During the

period

from 1986 to 1994, waterways transported around 60

million

tonnes

of

goods

.

This

quantity

declined to around 50

million

tonnes

in 1998 and rose to about 65

million

tonnes

over the

next

four years.

By contrast

,

quantity

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of

transportation

by rail declined to 30

million

tonnes

in 1984 and showed fluctuations until 1998 before rising again to 40

million

tonnes

in 2002.