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.

"The chart illustrates how much merchandise was delivered domestically across 4 specific means of transport from 1974 to 2002, measured in

million

tonnes

.

Overall

, the quantity of products shipped via rail remained unchanged,

whereas

those via the rest rose by varying degrees, with the most pronounced increase being seen in

pipeline

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. It

also

reported that road ended up as the delivery method with the most commodities. Looking first at the numbers transported

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Road and Water, the former commenced the period with around 70

million

tonnes

, which was 30

million

tonnes

more than the corresponding figure for the latter, at just shy of 40

million

tonnes

.

Thereafter

, there was a moderate rise to just south of 100

million

tonnes

in the Road's data in 2002.

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change, but to a lesser extent, can be observed in the numbers of Water, growing to nearly 70

million

tonnes

at the end

of

this

period. Turning to the remaining methods, about 40

million

tonnes

of items were conveyed by Rail

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and levelled off from

this

time onward. The number of goods delivered via Pipeline showed a drastic elevation from approximately 5 to over 20

million

tonnes

during the period."