The line graph provides information about the number of goods which transported by

four different ways in the UK over a 28-year period, starting from 1974.
Overall, it is obvious that products which transported by three shipping methods,
specifically road, water and pipeline witnessed a significant increase over the period. On
the other hand, the number of products which transported by railway remained stable.
From 1974 to 1978, the number of commodities which transported by road and pipeline
rose significantly to 72 and 10 respectively. On the other hand, the number of goods
which transported by water and railway crossed each other at 40 million tons in the late
1978. From 1978 to 1986, the number of commodities which transported by water and
pipeline reached the plateau approximately at 59 and 25 respectively. On the other hand,
the numbers of products which transported by road and rail decreased by 5 and 10 tons in
the middle of period respectively.
From 1986 to 1998, the number of goods which transported by water and pipeline
remained stable until 1990, and then decreased slightly to 20 and 50 in the middle of
1994 and 1998 respectively. On the other hand, the number of commodities which
transported by road rose significantly to 80 in the middle of 1998. The number of
products which transported by railway fluctuated slightly between 30 and 35 until the end
of 1998.From 1998 to 2002, the number of commodities which transported by road and
water rose significantly to 85 and 62 in the middle of 2002 and so on. On the other hand,
the number of goods which transported by rail and pipeline remained stable at 40 and 20
tons in the middle of 2002 respectively.