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The line chart illustrates the Goods transportation by the mode of Road, Water, Rail & Pipeline in the UK for the period between 1974 to 2002 in Million tones.
Overall, the goods transported through pipeline have shown some decline from the Strat of the year 1974, then it fluctuate till 1994 and remain constant till 2002. meanwhile goods transported by roadways have risen in 1994.
From 1974 to till 1978 Good transported by water and Rail was about 40 Million tones, but it was observed that from 1978 goods transported by water and Rail are moving in the opposite direction. From 1978 to 1982 goods transported by water was dramatically increased to 60 million tones. It was continued till 1998, and in 2002 we can observe that it was crossed 60 Million tones mark. Whereas goods transported by Rail was sharply decrease from 40 million tones to 30 million tones from 1978 to 1986, and same was continued till 1994.
The movement of goods by road & pipeline was different. Goods transited through pipeline was between 0 to 20 million tones in the year of 1974. But in the year of 19982 it was slightly increased above 20 million tones it remain stable till 1994, and then it stopped on 20 million tones till 2002. The goods conveyed through roadways has shown drastic changes. it was steady between 60 million to 80 million tones in the year of 1974 to1994, but after that it was suddenly raised above 80 million tones till 2002.
