Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
Item 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003
Passenger Coaches (coach) 27261 32404 35989 37214 37942 40487
  Soft Berth Coaches 1061 1537 2055 2340 2421  
  Hard Berth Coaches 4351 7607 10139 11054 11738  
  Soft Seat Coaches 330 574 764 730 676  
  Hard Seat Coaches 17503 18076 17571 17357 17148  
  Soft and Hard Seat Coaches 63 35 25 13 5  
  Dining Cars 1520 1695 1847 1951 2008  
  Luggage and Post Cars 1686 1949 2144 2201 2237  
  Business Cars 77 87 69 72 62  
  Simple and Substitute Cars 42 9        
  Others 628 835 1375 1496 1647  
Freight Cars (coach) 364966 432731 439943 449921 446707 510327
Grouped by Type of Car            
  Covered Cars 66668 80437 92569 89035 91835  
  Open Cars 232999 268179 252977 262886 257642  
  Flat Cars 18726 27461 24685 26681 28028  
  Hazardous Materials Cars 1229 1580 1578 1778 1956  
  Tank Cars 33646 37119 37778 38804 39258  
  Refrigerator Cars 5150 7030 7909 7977 7711  
  Others 6548 10925 22447 22760 20277  
Grouped by Capacity of Car            
  20 Tons and Under 949 1458        
  25-40 Tons 8699 8786 7765(1) 7837 8546  
  50 Tons 92442 48287 15799 15259 3607  
  51-59 Tons 15500 27951     54218  
  60 Tons 238680 342086 307521 305172 233327  
  65 Tons 6825 3546 103431(2) 116236 138624  
  73 Tons and Over 329 385 5427(3) 5417 796  
  Others 1542 232     7589  
Total Loading Capacity of Freight Cars (10 000 tons) 2055.3 2502.9 2619.9 2681.5 2686.2  
Average Marked Loading Capacity per Car (ton) 56.6 57.9 59.6 59.6 60.1  

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.