Overall, all the methods of transportation of products in the UK showed an upward trend throughout the period.
Regarding the graph the greatest amount of usage of road was 70 million tonnes in 1974 and kept increasing reaching nearly 100 million tonnes in 2002. At the start of the period delivering products by water and railway were almost the same accounted for 40 million tonnes. However the railway system illustrated mainly downward trend constituting the minimum of 20 million tonnes, while water route proceeded to rise to 65 million tonnes. It is noticeable that pipeline convey had the lowest point compared with other ways. About 5 million of goods were carried by pipelines, reaching 20 million tonnes by the end of the period. Likewise, the road system of delivering goods was the most popular over the period.
Overall
, all the methods of transportation of products in the UK
showed
an upward trend throughout the period.
Regarding the graph the greatest amount of usage of road was 70
million
tonnes in 1974 and
kept
increasing reaching
nearly
100
million
tonnes in 2002. At the
start
of the period delivering products by water and railway were almost the same accounted for 40
million
tonnes.
However
the railway system illustrated
mainly
downward trend constituting the minimum of 20
million
tonnes, while water route proceeded to rise to 65
million
tonnes. It is noticeable
that pipeline convey
had the lowest point compared with other ways. About 5
million
of
goods
were carried
by pipelines, reaching 20
million
tonnes by the
end
of the period.
Likewise
, the road system of delivering
goods
was the most popular over the period.