15-16 Number of Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned

 

Item

1978

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Others

575

601

628

835

1036

1007

Freight Cars (coach)

250138

300886

364966

432731

443893

437686

Grouped by Type of Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 Tons and Under

1400

1476

949

1458

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.