essay, line graph

The graphs illustrates the numbers of goods that were transported by 4 four different types of transportation in the UK between 1974 and 2002. The figures are given in per million tones tons. Roughly, it can be seen that transportation via using road was the most popular, followed by water, rail and pipeline methods.
The number of goods transported by motors where were the highest of all time. In 1990, it started at about 70, which were was as twice as much as those that were shipped by boats and trains (about 40), before rising steadily to 80 until 1994. It all so also increased dramatically in the last 8 years and finished at just a little under 100 in 2002. Between 1978 and 1982, the goods transported by ships increased sharply to about 60 and remained constant until 1994 before they experienced a minimal drop in 1998. and Then they experienced a significant increase, during the last 4 years, ending up at about 62. In contrast, the number of goods being transported by railway decreased steadily to above 30 in 1984 and then faced with a fluctuate trend fluxuated between 1984 and 1995 before, recovering to where it started in 1974. Finally, the number of good shipped by pipeline was the smallest number when it stared (4-5) but and it had been increasing increased steadily over the first decade to a little above 20. But interestingly, not unlike the others, and it remained the same in throughout the rest of the time frame.

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