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Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches
and Freight Cars Owned
Item
1978
1985
1990
1995
2000
2001
Passenger Coaches
(coach)
14844
20872
27261
32404
35989
37214
Soft Berth Coaches
435
679
1061
1537
2055
2340
Hard Berth Coaches
2155
2633
4351
7607
10139
11054
Soft Seat Coaches
78
260
330
574
764
730
Hard Seat Coaches
8888
13700
17503
18076
17571
17357
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches
131
114
63
35
25
13
Dining Cars
820
1221
1520
1695
1847
1951
Luggage and Post Cars
1149
1498
1686
1949
2144
2201
Business Cars
85
87
77
87
69
72
Simple and Substitute Cars
528
79
42
9
Others
575
601
628
835
1375
1496
Freight Cars
(coach)
250138
300886
364966
432731
439943
449921
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars
40054
52667
66668
80437
92569
89035
Open Cars
150745
185684
232999
268179
252977
262886
Flat Cars
20747
18753
18726
27461
24685
26681
Hazardous Materials Cars
1229
1580
1578
1778
Tank Cars
33045
31837
33646
37119
37778
38804
Refrigerator Cars
2439
3991
5150
7030
7909
7977
Others
3108
7944
6548
10925
22447
22760
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and Under
1400
1476
949
1458
25-40 Tons
44409
21520
8699
8786
7765
¢Ù
7837
50 Tons
106792
104456
92442
48287
15799
15259
51-59
Tons
18068
16544
15500
27951
60 Tons
72453
153198
238680
342086
307521
305172
65 Tons
3380
1571
6825
3546
103431
¢Ú
116236
73 Tons and Over
294
306
329
385
5427
¢Û
5417
Others
3342
1815
1542
232
Total Loading Capacity of Freight
1230.2
1612.5
2055.3
2502.9
2619.9
2681.5
Cars
(10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity per
49.8
53.9
56.6
57.9
59.6
59.6
Car
(ton)
a) Statistics on freight cars are based on marked loading capacity of cars since 1997, resulting in the adjustment of grouping of cars. Data
marked
¢Ù
refer to cars with a loading capacity of 20 tons and less, data marked
¢Ú
refer to cars with a loading capacity of 61 tons,
and
¢Û
refer to cars with a loading capacity of 70 tons and over. The same as in the following years.
