16-18  Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
Item	1985	1990	1995	2000	2004	2005
Passenger Coaches              (coach)	20872	27261	32404	35989	39766	40328
Soft Berth Coaches	679	1061	1537	2055	3049	3109
Hard Berth Coaches	2633	4351	7607	10139	12550	12942
Soft Seat Coaches	260	330	574	764	772	759
Hard Seat Coaches	13700	17503	18076	17571	16965	16900
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches	114	63	35	25		2
Dining Cars	1221	1520	1695	1847	2058	2108
Luggage and Post Cars	1498	1686	1949	2144	2362	2480
Business Cars	87	77	87	69	77	78
Others	680	670	844	1375	1933	1950
Freight Cars                   (coach)	300886	364966	432731	439943	520101	541824
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars	52667	66668	80437	92569	96107	99206
Open Cars	185684	232999	268179	252977	323970	343480
Flat Cars	18753	18726	27461	24685	29530	30290
Hazardous Materials Cars		1229	1580	1578	2056	2056
Tank Cars	31837	33646	37119	37778	40222	38331
Refrigerator Cars	3991	5150	7030	7909	7696	7419
Others	7944	6548	10925	22447	20250	21042
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and Under	1476	949	1458
25-40 Tons	21520	8699	8786
				7765	8731	8482
						3590
41-49  Tons					7589	7589
50 Tons	104456	92442	48287	15799	3538	3512
51-59  Tons	16544	15500	27951		54456	52565
60 Tons	153198	238680	342086	307521	267065	265154
					175111	195911
65 Tons	1571	6825	3546
				5427	3611	8611
73 Tons and Over	306	329	385
Others	1815	1542	232
Total Loading Capacity of Freight	1612.5	2055.3	2502.9	2619.9	3147.0	3294.5
Cars                    (10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity per	53.9	56.6	57.9	59.6	60.5	60.8
Car                             (ton)