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.
The provided line graph serves as an insightful illustration of different modes of
transportation
used to move
goods
in large
quantites
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quantities
in
th
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the
UK between 1974 and 2002. The units of measure used
is
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are
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in
million
tonnes
. The
overall
impression of the chart is that the road
had
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has
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always been the most popular medium for transporting
goods
.
While
pipeline was the least
prefered
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preferred
method for logistics.
To begin
with,
pipeline
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the pipeline
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started with
mearly
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nearly
5
million
tonnes
of
transportation
in 1974 which rose significantly by the end of 1982 reaching 25
million
tonnes
approximately.
However
, Pipelines were quite stagnant after it for a little
while
. And
then
ulimately
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ultimately
dropped to 20
million
tonnes
between 1994 and 2002.
Furthermore
, rail
transportation
had always been erratic starting from 40
million
tonnes
in 1974 which dropped slowly to 30
million
tonnes
in 1994, and ultimately elevated again to reach a little over 40
Million
tonnes
by 2002.
In addition
to that,
transportation
of
goods
via water
become
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became
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quite popular almost 60
million
tonnes
of
goods
were transported between 1982 and 1994 which dropped drastically to 50
million
tonnes
1998
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in 1998
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and later reached its pinnacle at 65
million
tonnes
in 2002.
Thereafter
, road courier services which were the most popular mode of logistics hiked gradually over the period of 28 years and peaked at almost 100
million
tonnes
by 2002.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Introduction: The introduction is missing.
Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
Vocabulary: Replace the words transportation, goods, million, tonnes with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "reach" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.

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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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