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Number of Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned |
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Item |
1978 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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Passenger Coaches
(coach) |
14844 |
20872 |
27261 |
32404 |
33778 |
34346 |
Soft Berth Coaches |
435 |
679 |
1061 |
1537 |
1692 |
1849 |
Hard Berth Coaches |
2155 |
2633 |
4351 |
7607 |
8367 |
9031 |
Soft Seat Coaches |
78 |
260 |
330 |
574 |
720 |
764 |
Hard Seat Coaches |
8888 |
13700 |
17503 |
18076 |
18043 |
17760 |
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches |
131 |
114 |
63 |
35 |
33 |
28 |
Dining Cars |
820 |
1221 |
1520 |
1695 |
1766 |
1800 |
Luggage and Post Cars |
1149 |
1498 |
1686 |
1949 |
2037 |
2033 |
Business Cars |
85 |
87 |
77 |
87 |
84 |
74 |
Simple and Substitute Cars |
528 |
79 |
42 |
9 |
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Others |
575 |
601 |
628 |
835 |
1036 |
1007 |
Freight Cars (coach) |
250138 |
300886 |
364966 |
432731 |
443893 |
437686 |
Grouped by Type of Car |
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Covered Cars |
40054 |
52667 |
66668 |
80437 |
82022 |
81385 |
Open Cars |
150745 |
185684 |
232999 |
268179 |
273019 |
264358 |
Flat Cars |
20747 |
18753 |
18726 |
27461 |
31215 |
31451 |
Hazardous Materials Cars |
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1229 |
1580 |
1900 |
1568 |
Tank Cars |
33045 |
31837 |
33646 |
37119 |
37162 |
35579 |
Refrigerator Cars |
2439 |
3991 |
5150 |
7030 |
7430 |
7802 |
Others |
3108 |
7944 |
6548 |
10925 |
11145 |
15543 |
Grouped by Capacity of Car |
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20 Tons and Under |
1400 |
1476 |
949 |
1458 |
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25-40 Tons |
44409 |
21520 |
8699 |
8786 |
10932* |
4575* |
50 Tons |
106792 |
104456 |
92442 |
48287 |
38979 |
29502 |
51-59 Tons |
18068 |
16544 |
15500 |
27951 |
32381 |
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60 Tons |
72453 |
153198 |
238680 |
342086 |
357317 |
325778 |
65 Tons |
3380 |
1571 |
6825 |
3546 |
3646 |
72580 |
73 Tons and Over |
294 |
306 |
329 |
385 |
410 |
5251 |
Others |
3342 |
1815 |
1542 |
232 |
228 |
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Total Loading Capacity
of Freight Cars (10 000 tons) |
1230.2 |
1612.5 |
2055.3 |
2502.9 |
2579.5 |
2560.1 |
Average Marked Loading
Capacity per Car (ton) |
49.8 |
53.9 |
56.6 |
57.9 |
58.1 |
58.5 |
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a)
The data with the symbol *
refer to the number of freight cars with the loading capacity of 40 tons and under,
including the loading capacity of 20 tons and under. |
b)
Since 1997, statistics on
trucks are classified by designated capacity; hence the figures by different groups
are different from previous years. Of the total, 72850 vehicles are trucks
with capacity of 61 tons, and 5251 vehicles are trucks with capacity of 70
tons and over. |