15-18   Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches  and Freight Cars Owned
Item	1978	1985	1990	1995	2000	2001
Passenger Coaches              (coach)	14844	20872	27261	32404	35989	37214
Soft Berth Coaches	435	679	1061	1537	2055	2340
Hard Berth Coaches	2155	2633	4351	7607	10139	11054
Soft Seat Coaches	78	260	330	574	764	730
Hard Seat Coaches	8888	13700	17503	18076	17571	17357
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches	131	114	63	35	25	13
Dining Cars	820	1221	1520	1695	1847	1951
Luggage and Post Cars	1149	1498	1686	1949	2144	2201
Business Cars	85	87	77	87	69	72
Simple and Substitute Cars	528	79	42	9
Others	575	601	628	835	1375	1496
Freight Cars                   (coach)	250138	300886	364966	432731	439943	449921
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars	40054	52667	66668	80437	92569	89035
Open Cars	150745	185684	232999	268179	252977	262886
Flat Cars	20747	18753	18726	27461	24685	26681
Hazardous Materials Cars			1229	1580	1578	1778
Tank Cars	33045	31837	33646	37119	37778	38804
Refrigerator Cars	2439	3991	5150	7030	7909	7977
Others	3108	7944	6548	10925	22447	22760
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and Under	1400	1476	949	1458
25-40 Tons	44409	21520	8699	8786	7765①	7837
50 Tons	106792	104456	92442	48287	15799	15259
51-59  Tons	18068	16544	15500	27951
60 Tons	72453	153198	238680	342086	307521	305172
65 Tons	3380	1571	6825	3546	103431②	116236
73 Tons and Over	294	306	329	385	5427③	5417
Others	3342	1815	1542	232
Total Loading Capacity of Freight	1230.2	1612.5	2055.3	2502.9	2619.9	2681.5
Cars                    (10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity per	49.8	53.9	56.6	57.9	59.6	59.6
Car                             (ton)
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.