Number of Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1978

1985

1990

1995

1998

1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Passenger Coaches              (coach)

14844

20872

27261

32404

34246

34535

      Soft Berth Coaches                 

435

679

1061

1537

1926

1975

      Hard Berth Coaches                 

2155

2633

4351

7607

9182

9443

      Soft Seat Coaches                  

78

260

330

574

750

756

      Hard Seat Coaches                  

8888

13700

17503

18076

17273

17156

      Soft and Hard Seat Coaches         

131

114

63

35

25

25

      Dining Cars                        

820

1221

1520

1695

1795

1774

      Luggage and Post Cars              

1149

1498

1686

1949

2092

2107

      Business Cars                      

85

87

77

87

70

69

      Simple and Substitute Cars         

528

79

42

9

       

 

      Others                             

575

601

628

835

1133

1230

  Freight Cars                   (coach)

250138

300886

364966

432731

439326

436236

  Grouped by Type of Car               

       

       

       

       

       

 

      Covered Cars                       

40054

52667

66668

80437

85373

89935

      Open Cars                          

150745

185684

232999

268179

257172

248243

      Flat Cars                          

20747

18753

18726

27461

30686

28559

      Hazardous Materials Cars            

       

       

1229

1580

1578

1578

      Tank Cars                          

33045

31837

33646

37119

37191

37486

      Refrigerator Cars                  

2439

3991

5150

7030

8051

7988

      Others                              

3108

7944

6548

10925

19275

22447

  Grouped by Capacity of Car           

       

       

       

       

       

 

     20 Tons and Under                  

1400

1476

949

1458

       

 

     25-40 Tons                         

44409

21520

8699

8786

  5987

8005

     50 Tons                            

106792

104456

92442

48287

19560

15857

     51-59  Tons                         

18068

16544

15500

27951

       

 

     60 Tons                            

72453

153198

238680

342086

323976

315984

     65 Tons                            

3380

1571

6825

3546

 84360

90956

     73 Tons and Over                    

294

306

329

385

  5443

5434

      Others                             

3342

1815

1542

232

       

 

  Total Loading Capacity of Freight    

1230.2

1612.5

2055.3

2502.9

2614.0

2595.8

    Cars                    (10 000 tons)

       

       

       

       

       

 

  Average Marked Loading Capacity per  

49.8

53.9

56.6

57.9

59.5

59.5

    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 with refer to cars with a loading capacity of 40 tons and less (including 20 tons and less), data marked with refer to cars with a loading capacity of 61,tons, and with refer to cars with a loading capacity of 70 tons and over. The same as in the following years.