16-18 Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
Item	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2008	2009
Passenger Coaches              (coach)	20872	27261	32404	35989	40328	43215	47436
Soft Berth Coaches	679	1061	1537	2055	3109	3472	3976
Hard Berth Coaches	2633	4351	7607	10139	12942	13975	15249
Soft Seat Coaches	260	330	574	764	759	2113	2603
Hard Seat Coaches	13700	17503	18076	17571	16900	16641	17938
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches	114	63	35	25	2
Dining Cars	1221	1520	1695	1847	2108	2185	2391
Luggage  Cars	1498	1686	1949	2144	2480	2207	2448
Business Cars	87	77	87	69	78	77	87
Others	680	670	844	1375	1950	2545	2744
Freight Cars                   (coach)	300886	364966	432731	439943	541824	584961	594388
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars	52677	66668	80437	92569	99206	103449	103850
Open Cars	185684	232999	268179	252977	343480	379050	388118
Flat Cars	18753	18726	27461	24685	30290	37665	38766
Hazardous Materials Cars		1229	1580	1578	2056	2056	2056
Tank Cars	31837	33646	37119	37778	38331	33593	32346
Refrigerator Cars	3991	5150	7030	7909	7419	6588	6587
Others	7944	6548	10925	22447	21042	22560	22665
Grouped by Capacity of Car
Under 40 Tons and Unidentified	20234	6071	3547	4159	4892	5878
40 Tons	4577	5119	6929	3606	3590	3115
41-49  Tons					7589	7243
50 Tons	104456	92442	48287	15799	3512	3728
51-59  Tons	16544	15500	27951		52565	48246	47121
60 Tons	153198	238680	342086	307521	265154	219422	205182
61-69 Tons	1571	6825	3546	103431	195911	198340	196778
70 Tons and Over	306	329	385	5427	8611	98989	125765
Total Loading Capacity of Freight	1612.5	2055.3	2502.9	2619.9	3294.5	3645.4	3729.7
Cars                    (10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity per	53.9	56.6	57.9	59.6	60.8	62.3	62.7
Car                             (ton)
a) Of freight cars grouped by loading capacity, the number of freight cars with loading capacity of 50 tons and below are 19542 in 2009.