The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. You should write at least 150 words.

The graph displays the transported amount of

goods

in the UK from 1974 to 2002 by four various transportation methods.

Firstly

, the

number

of

goods

which were transported by road had increased in 28 years from nearly 70

million

tonnes

to nearly 100

million

tonnes

, and

goods

tonnes

had declined nearly 2 or 3 per cent from 1978 to 1982, and between 1990 and 1994 its numbers had not changed. Millions of

tonnes

of

goods

rapidly grew by water shipping from 1972 to 1986 but their numbers decreased between 1994 and 1998 and in 2002 water shipping had reached the highest

number

of

goods

which were more than 60

million

tonnes

transported by water shipping.

Secondly

, the popularity of rail transportation nearly had not changed in 28 years, but its popularity had declined from 40M

tonnes

to 30M

tonnes

between 1974 and 1994. The

number

of

goods

which were transported by pipeline drastically increased from nearly 5M

tonnes

to nearly 25M

tonnes

between 1974 and 1982 but its amount decreased to 20

million

tonnes

from 1990 to 1994, in the end, its

number

did not change the rest of the years. In conclusion, there were four various transport methods which were used to transport millions of

tonnes

of

goods

in the UK and road transportation was the most popular among them.