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The table below shows the number of kilometres passengers travelled on five types of transport in a European country in 1995, 2005 and 2015.
[* Distance in billion kilometres]
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Sample Answer 1
A glance at the table provided reveals the distances travelled by passengers on five kinds of vehicles in a European country over twenty years, from 1995 to 2015. There were fluctuations in the distances travelled by different modes of transport over the given period, but trains and buses were more popular.
One fascinating fact is that from a mere 2 billion kilometres of air travel in 1995, it soared to ten times in 2015. This shows that air travel has become popular in recent years. Rail travel rose gradually by 10 billion in 2005 and reached the 60 billion mark in 2015. The given figure shows that the railway was the most popular form of travelling in the given European country. On the contrary, travelling on a bus was more popular in the 1990s, as 56 billion km travelled using buses, but it lost its popularity later.
Furthermore, distances travelled by bicycles and motorbikes were comparatively lesser and experienced a slow decline, to somewhere in the vicinity of 1 and 2 billion km. respectively in 2005, followed by a slight increase in 2015.
It is also interesting to note that the total distance travelled by passengers in this country in 1995 was 103 billion km while it increased over the years and reached 130 billion km in 2015.
Sample Answer 2
The table data shows the distance travelled by people using different types of transportation in a European country in three years. Distance travelled by people is categorized based on 5 types of transportations they used, and is shown in billion kilometres.
Overall, the total distance people in this country travelled increased over time. Besides, buses and trains were their primary mode of transport while air travel gained popularity over time.
As mentioned, buses, despite being the most used transportation type in 1995, became less popular after 20 years. 56 billion km of bus travel in 1995 fell by approximately one-tenth after 10 years. And in 2015, it reduced to 42 billion. However, trains became the most used transportation type in 2015, with a 60 billion km travel log, which was 18 billion km higher than bus travel this year.
Regarding motorbike travel, the distance travelled in 1995 was 5 billion km which declined by 2 billion km after a decade and was 6 billion km in 2015. However, bicycle driving remained almost the same, with 2 billion km in 1995 and 2015, despite a fall in 2005.
The most noticeable increase can be seen in air and rail travel, with the former reaching ten times 20 billion and the latter rising by approximately half to 60 billion kilometres in 2015. This made way for an overall surge by the end of the period.
Sample Answer 3
The supplied table data presents information on the distance travelled by passengers in a European country in different modes of transportation from 1995 to 2015. As the illustration shows, buses and rails were the most preferred transportation types, but air travel gained popularity in recent years.
According to the given data, the least distance was travelled using bicycles and motorbikes by passengers in this European country. Commuters in this country travelled only 2 billion km. using bicycles in 1995, and it was the same in 2015. Similarly, only 5 billion km were travelled using motorbikes, reaching 6 billion after 20 years. Interestingly, air travel gained massive popularity in later years as 20 billion km distance was passed using aeroplanes in 2015, while this was merely 2 billion km 20 years earlier.
Buses and trains were the most preferred transportation types as the passengers travelled the highest distance in these two modes of transportation. However, there was an increase in the distance travelled by trains (38 and 60 billion km in 2005 and 2015), while it decreased in the case of the bus (56 and 42 billion km in 2005 and 2015, respectively).
The total distance travelled by passengers increased to 130 billion km. in 2015 in this country from 103 billion km. in 1995.