The line graph illustrates the data of the amount of freight transported via the four different modes, rail, road, water and pipeline of transport over a period of 28 years from 1974 to 2002 in UK transport, transported was measured in million tonnes.
Overall, all modes of transport are increasing year on year. It can be seen that road was the most popular and stable mode of freight transport in the period, followed by water, although in 1974 it was a little behind rail but gradually increased in the following years. The lowest amount of transport is done through the pipeline.
In 1974, goods transported by road were nearly 70 million tons, fluctuating continuously to about 80 million tons in 1994 and then skyrocketed to nearly 100 million tons in 1998 and remained stable towards the end. By contrast, the rail transported 40 million tons in 1974 and this number gradually decreased to about 30 million tons in 1986. It continued to show a period of instability before recovering back to its original position of about 40 million in 2002.
Looking at the chart, it can be seen that the first years of the pipeline of 5 million tons and the waterway of 40 million tons have quite similar increases. From 1974 both increased rapidly in 1981, then remained stable, the pipeline was about 18 million tons and the waterway was about 60 million tons until 1991. Starting from here, the waterway showed signs of cooling down to about 52 million tons but until 1998 has skyrocketed while the pipeline has remained stable with 22 million tons until the end of time.
The line graph illustrates the data of the amount of freight transported via the four
different
modes, rail, road, water and pipeline of
transport
over a period of 28 years from 1974 to 2002 in UK
transport
, transported
was measured
in
million
tonnes.
Overall
, all modes of
transport
are increasing
year
on
year
. It can be
seen
that road was the most popular and
stable
mode of freight
transport
in the period, followed by water, although in 1974 it was a
little
behind rail
but
gradually
increased in the following years. The lowest amount of
transport
is done
through the pipeline.
In 1974,
goods
transported by road were
nearly
70
million
tons, fluctuating
continuously
to about 80
million
tons in 1994 and then skyrocketed to
nearly
100
million
tons in 1998 and remained
stable
towards the
end
. By contrast, the rail transported 40
million
tons in 1974 and this number
gradually
decreased to about 30
million
tons in 1986. It continued to
show
a period of instability
before
recovering back to its original position of about 40
million
in 2002.
Looking at the chart, it can be
seen
that the
first
years of the pipeline of 5
million
tons and the waterway of 40
million
tons have quite similar increases. From 1974 both increased
rapidly
in 1981, then remained
stable
, the pipeline was about 18
million
tons and the waterway was about 60
million
tons until 1991. Starting from here, the waterway
showed
signs of cooling down to about 52
million
tons
but
until 1998 has skyrocketed while the pipeline has remained
stable
with 22
million
tons until the
end
of time.