The line chart provides information about how the number of goods, which was distributed in the United Kingdom changed over 28 years beginning from 1974.
Overall, it can be seen that transportation of goods—road, water, and pipelines—increased over the period shown. Further, the transportation of goods by rail remained stable at the end of the period. The data are in million tonnes.
Looking at the chart in more detail, it can be seen that goods distribution through road increased by nearly 95 million tonnes in 2002. Similarly, there was a proliferation in goods transportation by water from close to 39 million tonnes (MT) to 65 MT in 2002. According to the chart, goods transported using water were the highest compared to other transportation systems.
Turning to the remaining data set, it is explicit that approximately 5 MT of goods were transported by pipeline in 1974, which was the lowest throughout the line chart. Moreover, this number increased by almost 20 MT in 1982, and then it plummeted gradually to 20 MT until 2002. The amount of goods transported by rail in 1974 stood at 40 MT. This figure fluctuated and stopped at 40 MT again in 2002.