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 provided compares the weight of items transported by 4 different types of transporting methods from 1974 to 2002 in the UK. Unite is measured in the million tonnes per year.

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, it can be clearly seen that

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all modes of carrying in the graph had fluctuation during the whole given period, they had an upward trend and finished the period with high quantities, except the Rail module remained unchanged

at the end

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. Regarding the Road model, it had taken a leading position in terms of transporting stuff eider at first and end of the timeline with about 70 and somewhere in the vicinity of 100.

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, Water and Pipeline demonstrated the same trend as like former by starting at just under 40 and near 5 in 1974 and finishing at slightly more than 60 and just more than 20 respectively in 2002. In comparison, among the presented, Rail transmission means after a wide fluctuation could maintain its initiate number ( about 40 )

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in 2002.