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The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. The given line graph presents the amount of good transported using four distinct types of shipment namely water, pipeline, rail and road in the United Kingdom between the time period of 28 years from 1974 and 2002. It can be immediately observed that the number of commodities transported in the UK by all four different kinds of transport has increased over the given period. According to the graph the usage of transportation by water and rail was at the same level (about 40 million tonnes) in 1974, whereas the year 1978 and 1998 the rail transportation had a slight drop and water transportation levelled off. However, water transportation reached reaching more than 60 million tonnes of good transported in 2002. In addition, the rail transportation reached to the previous status (roughly 40 million tonnes). It is noticeabley that there was a significant rise in the quantities of merchandise transported on road in the UK over 28 years from 1974 to 2002 (approximately 100 million tonnes). In contrast, pipeline maintained the same level from 1982 till 1990 and between 1990 and 1994 decreased slowly and then, remained steady reaching over 20 million tonnes. In conclusion/overall/to sum up, pipeline transportation had the lowest status in comparison with the other modes of transportation. Besides, road transportation had a the highest level of transportation in the UK.