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 and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the amounts of goods transported in the United Kingdom by four different modes of shipment from 1974 to 2002.

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, the four different shipping systems experienced different trends throughout the time period.

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the road and water transport rose with some fluctuations, the pipeline remained in almost the same position , and the rail faced fluctuations over time , but at

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it remained constant. As the graphs show, the quantity of goods carried by road started at around 70 million

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in 1974 , which was the highest quantity of

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among the other conveying systems at the beginning, followed by a small dip of around 3-4 millions of tones in 1982 , and after that it increased gradually until it reached around 100

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, the water transit , which

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withnesed a upward trend, reached 40 total

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at the start,

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it remained stable at around 60 tons

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1994 , and it decreased to 55

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in 1998. After that, it gradually increased.

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, the amount of goods shipped by rail fluctuated from 1978 to 1994 , and after that it remained the same as before , around 40 agglomeration

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. And the pipeline freightage witnessed a gradual growth from around 2 million in 1974 to around 25 million in 1982 , and later on it remained almost stable throughout the period from 1982 to 2002.