Amount of Goods transported in the UK - IETLS Task 1

           

             The line chart illustrates detailed information about the amount of goods which is transported by four different choices of modes of transport, namely road, water, rail and pipeline, in Great Britain over a twenty-eight-year period, starting from 1974, expressed in millions of tonnes. In general, the amount of goods, transportatied in the time period given increased slightly, and   lowest level for year onward until the end of the period.

            The guantity of goods transported by road showed a gentle rise starting from approximatcly 70 million tonnes and ending at the highest level, just above 95 million tonnes. In contrast, pipeline accounted for the lowest level during time which the quantity went up slowly and gradually from just under 5 million tonnes at first to above 20 million tonnes by the end of time period.

            For the remaining goods transportation, water and rail, however had apposing trends. In the same level, by 40 million tonnes, in 1978 from then onward, they showed a large gap in the both level at inversed trend. Rail use declined steadily through out the time period given, while water usage transportation jumped moderately until 1982. Then it remained stable until 1998. In the following years, it increased steadily in the following years until the end of time period. (Rp.54.121)