The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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transported items by four types of

transportation

modes (road, water, rail and pipeline) in the UK between 1974 and 2002.

Figures

are in

million

tonnes

.

Overall

. three out of four modes of

transportation

showed an increment in quantities.

Besides

,

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pipelines were reported as the least favourite type of

transportation

mode throughout the period. Goods that were travelled by road vehicles started at roughly 70

million

in 1974 and increased slowly and reached just over 80

million

in 1990 before experiencing a small drop to just under 80

million

in 1994.

However

, those

figures

then

increased significantly and reached closer to 100

million

tonnes

in 2002.

Similarly

, items that were transported via ships and other nautical vehicles, started at the range of 40

million

tonnes

in 1974, and increased to 60

million

by 1986

then

remained the same for the next few years. Afterwards, that quantity witnessed a drop in 1998 but recovered in 2002 by reaching

to

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approximately 65

million

margins.

Furthermore

, 40

million

tonnes

of goods were transported by trains

in

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between 1974 and 1978, and

then

figures

fluctuated between

20

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-40

million

range for the next two decades.

Finally

, the

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transportation

items through pipelines accounted

at

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5

million

in

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the beginning of the period and increased slowly under a few different stages and reached

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maximum of approximately 22

million

tonnes

around 1995, and levelled off until 2002.