Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
Item	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Passenger Coaches (coach)	32404	35989	37214	37942	38972	41353
Soft Berth Coaches	1537	2055	2340	2421	2621
Hard Berth Coaches	7607	10139	11054	11738	11920
Soft Seat Coaches	574	764	730	676	746
Hard Seat Coaches	18076	17571	17357	17148	17210
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches	35	25	13	5	5
Dining Cars	1695	1847	1951	2008	1983
Luggage and Post Cars	1949	2144	2201	2237	2226
Business Cars	87	69	72	62	71
Simple and Substitute Cars	9
Others	835	1375	1496	1647	2190
Freight Cars (coach)	432731	439943	449921	446707	503868	526894
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars	80437	92569	89035	91835	95678
Open Cars	268179	252977	262886	257642	308578
Flat Cars	27461	24685	26681	28028	29115
Hazardous Materials Cars	1580	1578	1778	1956	2056
Tank Cars	37119	37778	38804	39258	40495
Refrigerator Cars	7030	7909	7977	7711	7696
Others	10925	22447	22760	20277	20250
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and Under	1458
25-40 Tons	8786	7765	7837	8546	8525
50 Tons	48287	15799	15259	3607	3590
51-59 Tons	27951			54218	54452
60 Tons	342086	307521	305172	233327	268063
65 Tons	46	103431	116236	138624	159620
73 Tons and Over	385	5427	5417	796	2029
Others	232			7589
Total Loading Capacity of Freight Cars (10000 tons)	2502.9	2619.9	2681.5	2686.2	3040.9
Average Marked Loading Capacity per Car (ton)	57.9	59.6	59.6	60.1	60.4