The line graph provides information about how cargo was conveyed by four types of transportation in the United Kingdom over 28 years starting from 1974.
Looking at the chart, goods sent by all delivery forms increased except for railways, which fluctuated.
Thanks to roads and pipelines, the majority of goods were transported by road in 1974, with about 70 million tons. This gradually increased to about 80 million tons over the next 20 years, increasing significantly to nearly 100 tons in 2002. In contrast, there were only about 7 million in 1974. The pipeline was the lowest, and it increased to about 22 million in 1994. This number remained until the end of the period.
Cargo transported by waterway and rail each amounted to about 40 million tons in 1974. After 1978, freight transhipment by rail reached about 58 million tons in 1982 and then stabilised for the next 20 years. follow. During the same period rail freight dropped to about 25 million tons. By 2002, tonnage by boat had grown to 60 million and rail to just over 40 million.
