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.

A glance at the line graph delineates information about the commensurability of the number of merchandise moved throughout Britain using diverse

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systems from 1974 to 2002.

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, it can explicitly be perceived that roads became the main system of

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in

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country.

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moving the goods through water and rail had approximately as much amount in the rudimentary year of the question, the gap extended

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where the quantity of the former was higher than that of the latter. Pipelines, which had the

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ranking,

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contributed to

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gentrification. Looking into more details for the most prominent system, increasing from almost 70

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tones in 1974 to roughly 72

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tones in 1978, the commodities

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using autos

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saw some fluctuation onwards, culminating in just under 99

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tones in 2002. Ships and boats were utilized as the second facilities by just under 40

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until 1978. Henceforth, the number of goods transported via water systems increased exponentially to somewhere in the vicinity of 58

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during the next four years before

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off for a decade. After a downward trend to the year 1998, which is 50

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tonnes

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, the amount reached just over 65

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. In terms of the following rankings, rail networks had virtually the same level till 1978 compared to water systems and

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vacillated several times over the chronological period, terminating without any quantity altercations with respect to the first year. The proportion of

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devoted to pipelines generally showed a relative growth of seven times over the period from 3

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in 1974, accompanied by some plateaus without any distinguished decline.