The line graph illustrates the amount of cargo carried from 1974 till 2002 in the UK.
As it can be seen from the graph, goods were transported by 4 different ways of transportation: by road, water, rail and pipeline.
The transportation by the road was the most widespread mode of carry cargo.
Although it was gradually increasing (from 70 million tonnes to 98million tonnes) during the past 3 decades, there were 2 drops in amount of transported goods in 1982 and 1995.
The quantities of goods transported by water rose sharply from 40 million tonnes in 1978 to 55 million tonnes in 1981.
From 1981 it was remaining constant with a fall in 1998 (to 51 million tonnes) and a sharp increase to 68 million tonnes by 2002.
The quantity of cargo carried by rail constantly fluctuated from 40 million tonnes in 1974 to 30 million tonnes in 1985 and 1995.
However, the rate of this mode increased by 2002 reaching over 40 million tonnes a year.
Contrary, the carry cargo by pipeline was gradually rising during this period (from 5 million tonnes in 1974 to 21 million tonnes in 2002).
However, this mode of transport still remained the less popular kind of goods` transportation.
To sum up, the quantities of goods transported by road, water, rail and pipeline slightly rose by 2002.
The carry cargo by road reached 98 million tonnes by 2002 which is over 4 times higher than the transportation by pipeline.
December 2013
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