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

The graph lays off the quantities of goods that are moved in Britain in the year 1974 to 2002.

This

writing will highlight some important information and compare it when necessary.

Overall

, the trends for all different kinds of transportation are climbing, except for transporting by trains, which remains constant as time goes on. At the beginning of the graph, ships are more rarely utilized than trains for containing heavy containers until the year 1978, when they started to incline and were more frequently used to move things.

Moreover

, from the year 1974 to 2002, moving valuable things using roads is the most preferable way,

while

transferring by pipeline is the most avoided.

In addition

, trains are used constantly for carrying trailers, stagnantly having 40 million tonnes transported from 1974 to 2002. One more observable point from the graph is, in 2002, the goods that are transferred utilizing the road were the highest,

on the other hand

, commodities that were carried by pressured pipe were the lowest.