15-18 Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
Item
1985
1990
1995
2000
2001
2002
Passenger Coaches (coach)
20872
27261
32404
35989
37214
37942
Soft Berth Coaches
679
1061
1537
2055
2340
2421
Hard Berth Coaches
2633
4351
7607
10139
11054
11738
Soft Seat Coaches
260
330
574
764
730
676
Hard Seat Coaches
13700
17503
18076
17571
17357
17148
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches
114
63
35
25
13
5
Dining Cars
1221
1520
1695
1847
1951
2008
Luggage and Post Cars
1498
1686
1949
2144
2201
2237
Business Cars
87
77
87
69
72
62
Simple and Substitute Cars
79
42
9
Others
601
628
835
1375
1496
1647
Freight Cars (coach)
300886
364966
432731
439943
449921
446707
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars
52667
66668
80437
92569
89035
91835
Open Cars
185684
232999
268179
252977
262886
257642
Flat Cars
18753
18726
27461
24685
26681
28028
Hazardous Materials Cars
1229
1580
1578
1778
1956
Tank Cars
31837
33646
37119
37778
38804
39258
Refrigerator Cars
3991
5150
7030
7909
7977
7711
Others
7944
6548
10925
22447
22760
20277
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and Under
1476
949
1458
25-40 Tons
21520
8699
8786
7765
7837
8546
50 Tons
104456
92442
48287
15799
15259
3607
51-59 Tons
16544
15500
27951
54218
60 Tons
153198
238680
342086
307521
305172
233327
65 Tons
1571
6825
3546
103431
116236
138624
73 Tons and Over
306
329
385
5427
5417
796
Others
1815
1542
232
7589
Total Loading Capacity of Freight
1612.5
2055.3
2502.9
2619.9
2681.5
2686.2
Cars (10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity per
53.9
56.6
57.9
59.6
59.6
60.1
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.
