The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport.

The line graph illustrates the number of products moved in the United Kingdom through various manners of transport. At first sight, the modes can be divided into two groups: the first one contains road and water with significant behaviour during the period between 1974 and 2002,

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the second group involves rail and pipeline, whose performance is lower than others, especially later the 80s.

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, the comparison in the band one. Road has a gradual increase in the entire time window from 70 million tons in 1974 approximately to less than 100 in 2002.

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the water grows moderately with a peak somewhat above 60 in the

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year of analysis.

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, more details about the band two. It can be seen that Rail remains steady across the years with a mean value of around 40 million. Meanwhile,

Pipeline

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the Pipeline

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jumps from less than 10 to over 20 during the 10 first years, and

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it levels out near a measure of 20.

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, the data reveal the performance of different modes of moving goods in the UK.