The line graph illustrates information about how many
goods
were delivered by four types of transport in the UK over twenty-eight years from 1974 to 2002. Use synonyms
Overall
, Linking Words
whereas
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goods
transported by Use synonyms
road
, rail, and water experienced a fluctuating trend, Use synonyms
goods
delivered by pipeline exhibited an upward trend. Use synonyms
While
transporting Linking Words
goods
by Use synonyms
road
was the most popular among the four types of transport, pipeline was the least preferred mode of transport.
In 1974, 70 Use synonyms
million
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tonnes
of Use synonyms
goods
were carried by Use synonyms
road
, followed by rail and water at 39 and 38 Use synonyms
million
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tonnes
, respectively. Despite slightly increasing by 4 Use synonyms
million
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tonnes
by 1978, the amount of Use synonyms
goods
delivered by Use synonyms
road
fell back to 70 Use synonyms
million
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tonnes
by 1982 before continuously growing to 82 Use synonyms
million
Use synonyms
tonnes
over a decade. Use synonyms
Although
it exhibited another dip by 1996, transporting Linking Words
goods
by Use synonyms
road
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then
rapidly climbed to nearly 100 Linking Words
million
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tonnes
in 2002. Use synonyms
Similarly
, after rising to 40 Linking Words
million
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tonnes
in 1978, the quantity of Use synonyms
goods
transported by rail declined gradually to 31 Use synonyms
million
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tonnes
by 1985 before hovering aroundUse synonyms