The line graph compares how much goods was moved in the UK between 1947 and 2002 using four different transports.
Overall, road transport accounted for the largest amount of goods throughout the period, while pipeline transport carried least. All modes experienced fluctuations, with the exceptions of road and water transport showed a clear upward trend.
In 1974, the number of goods transported by the road was just below 70 and rose over time. By the end of the period, it had surpassed all previous rates and peaked at approximately 97 million tones. This is in stark contrast to the pipeline transport, which started about at 3 million tones and saw an increase 22 million tones until 1982. Over the course of two years, it remained stable and in 1994 decreased to 20 and remained unchanged until 2002.
On the other hand, the transportation of goods rates in the remaining two transports saw fluctuations. The water and rail both began with the 40 million tones in the initial year. Water remained unchanged until 1978. In 1978, increased to 58 million tones and unchanged 5 years. Over the the course of give years, it saw a decrease to 50. In the end it went up to above 60 million tonnes. By 1984 rail fell around 30 million tonnes. After some ups and downs from 1984 to 1985, rail transport increased a lot, just over 40 million tonnes in 2002
