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.

The graph illustrates four different

transportation

of supplies in

million

tonnes

in Britain between 1974 and 2002. An initial analysis reveals that, despite being in different patterns, there was an increase in the amount of goods transported

in

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all means of transport in the

period

analyzed.

Overall

, the primary

transportation

of products throughout the

period

was the road. Despite four categories

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an increase over the whole

period

, rail exhibited a fluctuation.

Firstly

,

road

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the road

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led the modes of

transportation

over the

period

, with approximately 70

million

tones

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tonnes

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transported in 1974.

Although

experiencing a slight dip around 1982, it increased steadily to 100

million

tonnes

in 2002.

In contrast

,

pipeline

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pipelines

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exhibited the least used

transportation

of goods, with less than half

million

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a million

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tonnes

in 1974,

then

increasing to just over 20

million

tonnes

since

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1995 to 2002.

On the other hand

, the number of

tonnes

of products transported by water started at just under 40

million

, rising to nearly 60

million

from 1978 to 1982 and remaining relatively constant until 1998,

then

reaching

to

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over that number in 2002.

Conversely

, rail

transportation

exhibited a steady variation, dropping from 40

million

tonnes

in 1974 to about 30

million

in 1995, and

then

increasing again to over 40

million

tonnes

by 2002.