15-18 NUMBER OF RAILWAY PASSENGER COACHES AND FREIGHT CARS OWNED

Item

1978

1985

1990

1995

1997

1998

Passenger Coaches (coach)

14844

20872

27261

32404

34346

34246

Soft Berth Coaches

435

679

1061

1537

1849

1926

Hard Berth Coaches

2155

2633

4351

7607

9031

9182

Soft Seat Coaches

78

260

330

574

764

750

Hard Seat Coaches

8888

13700

17503

18076

17760

17273

Soft and Hard Seat Coaches

131

114

63

35

28

25

Dining Cars

820

1221

1520

1695

1800

1795

Luggage and Post Cars

1149

1498

1686

1949

2033

2092

Business Cars

85

87

77

87

74

70

Simple and Substitute Cars

528

79

42

9

 

 

Others

575

601

628

835

1007

1133

Freight Cars (coach)

250138

300886

364966

432731

437686

439326

Grouped by Type of Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

Covered Cars

40054

52667

66668

80437

81385

85373

Open Cars

150745

185684

232999

268179

264358

257172

Flat Cars

20747

18753

18726

27461

31451

30686

Hazardous Materials Cars

 

 

1229

1580

1568

1578

Tank Cars

33045

31837

33646

37119

35579

37191

Refrigerator Cars

2439

3991

5150

7030

7802

8051

Others

3108

7944

6548

10925

15543

19275

Grouped by Capacity of Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 20 Tons and Under

1400

1476

949

1458

 

 

25-40 25-40 Tons

44409

21520

8699

8786

4575

5987

50 50 Tons

106792

104456

92442

48287

29502

19560

51-59 51-59 Tons

18068

16544

15500

27951

 

 

60 60 Tons

72453

153198

238680

342086

325778

323976

65 65 Tons

3380

1571

6825

3546

72580

84360

73 73 Tons and Over

294

306

329

385

5251

5443

Others

3342

1815

1542

232

 

 

Total Loading Capacity of Freight Cars (10 000 tons)

1230.2

1612.5

2055.3

2502.9

2560.1

2614

Average Loading Capacity per Car (ton)

49.8

53.9

56.6

57.9

58.5

59.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 refer to cars with a loading capacity of 40 tons and less

 

 

 

 

 

 

(including 20 tons and less), data marked refer to cars with a loading capacity of 61 tons, and refer to

 

 

 

 

 

 

cars with a loading capacity of 70 tons and over.