Goods transported in UK The graph provides the information about using four different kinds of transport to transfer goods in UK from 1974 to 2002. The road was the main mode of transport throughout the period. The figure for the road steadily rose to near 100 million tonnes in 2002. In contrast, the number for the pipeline remained the lowest, but it had the similar trend as the road, and kept increasing to more than 20 million tonnes in 2002. The trends of the water suddenly boost during 1978-1982 and 1998-2002, were near 60 million tonnes and 65 million tonners. There was a fast decline in the figure for rail from 40 million to 28 million between 1974 and 1994，after which it returned to near 40 million in 1998 and was in excess of 40 million in 2002. To sum up, the total of the goods transported in UK increased between 1974 to 2002. The numbers of all kinds of transport in 2002 were more than them in 1974