The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Given is the line graph providing clear information with regard to the amount of commodities transported in the UK during 1974 and 2002 by different means of transport. Apropos to the graph, it can be easily seen that road transportation was the most popular mode of transport over this period.
A glance at the graph reveals that, the quantity of goods transported by water and rail were almost equal to each other by 40 million tones of commodities between 1974 and 1978. However, in 1978 this figure for water began to increase and stabilized just under 60 million, whereas rail transportation l...
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