Goods transported in UK The line chart shows a range of goods transported by different types of transport (road, water, rail and pipeline) in Britain between 1974 and 2002.  Goods transported in UK, in general, demonstrated an increasing trend (1974-2002) by all kinds of transport. Transported by road has always been the preferred mode, there were around 70 million tonnes of goods delivered through road in 1974. It rose continually at its steady pace in 18 years. In 2002, the figure rose to 100 million tonnes. While, by pipeline, a newborn mode of transportation in 1974, grew guadually from merely 5 million tonnes to 20 million tonnes in 2002. However, goods transported by water and rail in 1974, were almost at the same level, delivered around 40 million tonnes of goods, until 1978. Then, goods transported by water rose sharply from 1978 to 1982, and kept increasing with a tender rate, which had became the second popular mode in transporting. While transported by rail maintained the same level, even though it had experienced roughly fluctuation between 1982 and 1998.  Overall, the chart indicated goods transported would keep rising.