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

The line graph below demonstrates the amount of products transported by

road

,

water

,

rail

and

pipeline

in the UK during 28 years. It is noticeable that the majority of goods are exported by

road

but the

pipeline

was the

last

priority for transporting products. In detail, in 1974 the majority of products exported by

road

were about 70 million tonnes

while

transporting by

pipeline

was less than 10 million tonnes.

However

, exporting by

water

and

rail

was approximately the same figures amounting to 40 million tonnes. In the first 8 ,years the numbers of goods transported by

water

and

pipeline

increased significantly

while

rail

and

road

declined considerably. In the middle of the period, exporting by

water

and

pipeline

approximately remain unchanged

on the other hand

using the

road

and

rail

for transport almost increased but

rail

in 1994 decreased slightly.In the rest of the period, transporting by

road

,

water

and

rail

increased moderately

while

the sum exported by

pipeline

remained stable after a slight increase.