16-18  Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
             
Item 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006
             
  Passenger Coaches              (coach) 20872 27261 32404 35989 40328 40945
      Soft Berth Coaches 679 1061 1537 2055 3109 3209
      Hard Berth Coaches 2633 4351 7607 10139 12942 13315
      Soft Seat Coaches 260 330 574 764 759 794
      Hard Seat Coaches 13700 17503 18076 17571 16900 16991
      Soft and Hard Seat Coaches 114 63 35 25 2  
      Dining Cars 1221 1520 1695 1847 2108 2136
      Luggage and Post Cars 1498 1686 1949 2144 2480 2349
      Business Cars 87 77 87 69 78 85
      Others 680 670 844 1375 1950 2066
  Freight Cars                   (coach) 300886 364966 432731 439943 541824 558483
  Grouped by Type of Car                                 
      Covered Cars 52667 66668 80437 92569 99206 99399
      Open Cars 185684 232999 268179 252977 343480 360500
      Flat Cars 18753 18726 27461 24685 30290 32222
      Hazardous Materials Cars          1229 1580 1578 2056 2056
      Tank Cars 31837 33646 37119 37778 38331 35654
      Refrigerator Cars 3991 5150 7030 7909 7419 7393
      Others 7944 6548 10925 22447 21042 21259
  Grouped by Capacity of Car                                 
     20 Tons and Under 1476 949 1458      
     25-40 Tons 21520 8699 8786      
     40 Tons and Unidentified       7765 8482 8450
     41-49  Tons         7589 7589
     50 Tons 104456 92442 48287 15799 3512 3444
     51-59  Tons 16544 15500 27951   52565 49878
     60 Tons 153198 238680 342086 307521 265154 258081
     61-69 Tons         195911 196511
     65 Tons 1571 6825 3546      
     70 Tons and Over       5427 8611 34530
     73 Tons and Over 306 329 385      
      Others 1815 1542 232      
  Total Loading Capacity of Freight 1612.5 2055.3 2502.9 2619.9 3294.5 3422.1
    Cars                    (10 000 tons)                                 
  Average Marked Loading Capacity per 53.9 56.6 57.9 59.6 60.8 61.3
    Car                             (ton)