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

The line graph illustrates the total number of products that were transported by different modes of transport from 1974 to 2002 in the United Kingdom in

million

tonnes

.

Overall

, it can be seen from the chart the road was used more as compared to other methods.

Whereas

, the pipeline was

last

used by the transporters and the water method showed some increments during that period. In the case of road shipment which displays some movements over 25 years. It is conspicuous that the goods carried companies used the road system 70

million

tonnes

in 1975 and it can be experienced with some fluctuations till 1990 after that it was plateaued at 80

million

tonnes

from 1990 to 1994 and augmented gently in 2000 and touched 90

million

tonnes

.

In addition

, water was almost 40

million

tonnes

in 1975

then

it was constant until 1973, after that, it experienced a lessen enhancement till 1982 and it strengthened slightly to reach 50

million

tonnes

in 1997 and after that, it skyrocketed in 2000 and rose steadily to 61

million

tonnes

. Probing ahead, rail was not very popular during those years and it was 40

million

tonnes

in 1975 after it was unchanged till 1973,

then

it started a downturned trajectory to 1986 and touched 50

million

tonnes

and after that, it sight a slow swing till 1997 and touched at 40

million

tonnes

further

, it remained steady till 2000.

Furthermore

, the pipeline method was used the least, which was 5

million

tonnes

in 1975 with a gentle growth till 1982 touched 23

million

tonnes

and

then

it fell marginally till 1993 about 20

million

tonnes

and after that, it was uniform till 2000.