The line graph compares the number of products which were shipped in the UK by four different means of transport: road, water, rail and pipeline from 1974 to 2002.
Overall, the road was the most popular form of transport for freights in the UK during the period shown. Also, the commodities transported by water and pipeline increased gradually, while the quantity transported by rail fluctuated wildly.
In 1974, around 5 million tonnes of goods were transported by pipeline. In the same year, the amount of transporting goods used by water and road were 40 million tonnes and 70 million tonnes respectively. There was a considerable rise of nearly 100 in the amount of goods transported by road in 2002, whereas the figures for water and pipeline were more than 60 million tonnes and 20 million tonnes, individually(=respectively).
Between 1982 and 1998 saw a constant fluctuation of around 20 to 40 million tonnes in the amount of freight forwarding by rail and it also reached to slightly 40 million tonnes in 2002.
The line graph compares the number of products which
were shipped
in the UK by four
different
means of transport:
road
,
water
, rail and pipeline from 1974 to 2002.
Overall
, the
road
was the most popular form of transport for freights in the UK during the period shown.
Also
, the commodities transported by
water
and pipeline increased
gradually
, while the quantity transported by rail fluctuated
wildly
.
In 1974, around 5
million
tonnes of
goods
were transported
by pipeline. In the same year, the amount of transporting
goods
used
by
water
and
road
were 40
million
tonnes and 70
million
tonnes
respectively
. There was a considerable rise of
nearly
100 in the amount of
goods
transported by
road
in 2002, whereas the figures for
water
and pipeline were more than 60
million
tonnes and 20
million
tonnes,
individually
(=
respectively
).
Between 1982 and 1998
saw
a constant fluctuation of around 20 to 40
million
tonnes in the amount of freight forwarding by rail and it
also
reached to
slightly
40
million
tonnes in 2002.