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.

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.
Here we can see that the Line graph represents the amount of goods transferred in the United Kingdom by 4 different Systems (Road, Water, Rail, Pipeline) over the time from 1974 to 2002.
Overall
, Items moved by road are constantly rising reaching a high of 90 Million tones in 2002.
While
other methods fluctuated over the whole period.
Moreover
, The Pipeline mode increased over time from almost 5M Tones to over 20 million just after the 80s,
then
stabilized until the end of the duration.
Furthermore
, the Rail system ranged between (25 to 40) Mills. The sea method is the most fluctuated of all, having a rise in the 10-year period from 1978 to 1982 reaching 55 mills
then
a sudden dip in 1998 (45 million), Road transport is the only climbing trend in the graph. All and All, the most popular way of moving goods is Roads.
Also
, the least used method of transport was the Pipeline.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • freight transportation
  • logistics
  • modal share
  • tonnage
  • volumes of goods
  • to transport
  • to surpass
  • to decline
  • to fluctuate
  • steady increase/decrease
  • to peak
  • to plateau
  • significant growth/drop
  • to outstrip
  • transportation sector
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