The graph illustrates the quantities of
goods
transported in the UK by road, water, rail and pipeline between 1974 and 2002. Use synonyms
Overall
, Linking Words
it is clear that
road Linking Words
transport
accounted for the largest amount of Use synonyms
goods
throughout the period, Use synonyms
while
pipeline Linking Words
transport
showed a steady increase. Use synonyms
By contrast
, water and rail Linking Words
transport
followed more fluctuating trends. In detail, the amount of Use synonyms
goods
carried by road rose gradually from around 70 Use synonyms
million
Use synonyms
tonnes
in 1974 to nearly 100 Use synonyms
million
Use synonyms
tonnes
by 2002, despite some minor fluctuations. Rail Use synonyms
transport
, Use synonyms
however
, declined slightly in the early years and Linking Words
then
fell more noticeably during the mid-1990s before recovering towards the end. Meanwhile, water Linking Words
transport
increased significantly in the first half of the period, reaching approximately 60 Use synonyms
million
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tonnes
, after which it fluctuated and dropped slightly before rising again. Use synonyms
Finally
, Linking Words
goods
transported by pipeline rose steadily from about 5 Use synonyms
million
Use synonyms
tonnes
to just over 20 Use synonyms
million
Use synonyms
tonnes
by the end of the period.Use synonyms