Given is the graph comparing the quantities of goods delivered in the UK in term of four types of transport, namely road, water, rail and pipeline over the period from 1974 to 2002.
Overall, the total cargoes transported by road, water, and pipeline displayed an upward trend during the research period. The exception to this was the number of products shipped by rail which shows a fluctuation.
One particularly interesting fact highlighted by the figure is that, after experiencing a slight rise to nearly 80 million tonnes during the first 15 years, the quantity of frieghts delivered on road increased substantially to around 100 million tonnes. With regards to water, similar to the road, between 1974 and 1982, the figure for goods transported was stable at 40 million tonnes during the first 4 years before seeing a rise to about 60 million tonnes. It was followed by stability before surging to over 60 million tonnes during the remainder of the year. The cargoes carried by pipeline began the recorder period with around 5 million tonnes before seeing an fivefold increase to over 20 million tonnes from 1974 to 1982. It dropped to 20 million tonnes in the next 4 years and then stayed at the same level in the last years.
With reference to rail, after remaining steady at 40 million tonnes in the first 4 years, the mount of goods transported hover between 30 million tonnes and 40 million tonnes in the last years.
Given
is the graph comparing the quantities of
goods
delivered in the UK in term of four types of transport,
namely
road
, water, rail and pipeline over the period from 1974 to 2002.
Overall
, the total cargoes transported by
road
, water, and pipeline displayed an upward trend during the research period. The exception to this was the number of products shipped by rail which
shows
a fluctuation.
One
particularly interesting
fact highlighted by the figure is that, after experiencing a slight rise to
nearly
80
million
tonnes during the
first
15 years, the quantity of
frieghts
delivered on
road
increased
substantially
to around 100
million
tonnes.
With regards to
water, similar to the
road
, between 1974 and 1982, the figure for
goods
transported was stable at 40
million
tonnes during the
first
4 years
before
seeing a rise to about 60
million
tonnes. It
was followed
by stability
before
surging to over 60
million
tonnes during the remainder of the
year
. The cargoes carried by pipeline began the recorder period with around 5
million
tonnes
before
seeing
an
fivefold increase to over 20
million
tonnes from 1974 to 1982. It dropped to 20
million
tonnes in the
next
4 years and then stayed at the same level in the last years.
With reference to rail, after remaining steady at 40
million
tonnes in the
first
4 years, the mount of
goods
transported hover between 30
million
tonnes and 40
million
tonnes in the last years.