16-18Number of
National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
Item
1985
1990
1995
2000
2003
2004
Passenger Coaches(coach)
20872
27261
32404
35989
38972
39766
Soft Berth
Coaches
679
1061
1537
2055
2621
3049
Hard Berth
Coaches
2633
4351
7607
10139
11920
12550
Soft Seat
Coaches
260
330
574
764
746
772
Hard Seat
Coaches
13700
17503
18076
17571
17210
16965
Soft and Hard
Seat Coaches
114
63
35
25
5
Dining
Cars
1221
1520
1695
1847
1983
2058
Luggage and
Post Cars
1498
1686
1949
2144
2226
2362
Business
Cars
87
77
87
69
71
77
Others
680
670
844
1375
2190
1933
Freight Cars(coach)
300886
364966
432731
439943
503868
520101
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered
Cars
52667
66668
80437
92569
95678
96107
Open Cars
185684
232999
268179
252977
308578
323970
Flat Cars
18753
18726
27461
24685
29115
29530
Hazardous
Materials Cars
1229
1580
1578
2056
2056
Tank Cars
31837
33646
37119
37778
40495
40222
Refrigerator
Cars
3991
5150
7030
7909
7696
7696
Others
7944
6548
10925
22447
20250
20250
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and
Under
1476
949
1458
25-40 Tons
21520
8699
8786
7765
8525
8731
41-49Tons
7589
50 Tons
104456
92442
48287
15799
3590
3538
51-59Tons
16544
15500
27951
54452
54456
60 Tons
153198
238680
342086
307521
268063
267065
65 Tons
1571
6825
3546
103431
159620
175111
73 Tons and
Over
306
329
385
5427
2029
3611
Others
1815
1542
232
Total Loading Capacity of Freight
1612.5
2055.3
2502.9
2619.9
3040.9
3147.0
Cars(10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity
per
53.9
56.6
57.9
59.6
60.4
60.5
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 (1*) refer to cars with a loading
capacity of 20 tons and less, data marked (2*) refer to cars with a loading capacity of 61 tons, and (3*) refer to cars with a loading capacity of 70 tons and over. The same as in the following years.