The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. You should write at least 150 words.

The graph depicts the total number of

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movements across four modes of transport in the UK from 1974 to 2002.

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, it can be seen that the majority of

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were transported

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the road over the surveyed period.

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, relatively stable trends were observed in the quantities of

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transported via rail and pipeline. Looking in more detail,

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the volume of

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transported by road vehicles experienced a fluctuation between 1974 and 2002,

this

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portion remained the largest

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the three other modes. It started from 70,000,000 tonnes in 1974 to nearly 100,000,000 tonnes in 2002. During the same period, the figure for rail shipment was immutable in the first six years, reaching 40,000,000 before showing saw waves for the next 15 years and

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keeping stable again in 1997.

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shipment

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shipments

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by sea rose from 40,000,000 in 1974 to almost 50,000,000 in 1982, recorded constantly for a long time and ended in 1997. After that, it increased to over 60,000,000 in 2002,

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that of pipeline transport around 20,000,000 over 18 years.