16-18  Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned
Item 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009 2010
               
  Passenger Coaches              (coach) 20872 27261 32404 35989 40328 47436 50391
      Soft Berth Coaches 679 1061 1537 2055 3109 3976 4071
      Hard Berth Coaches 2633 4351 7607 10139 12942 15249 16486
      Soft Seat Coaches 260 330 574 764 759 2603 3874
      Hard Seat Coaches 13700 17503 18076 17571 16900 17938 17954
      Soft and Hard Seat Coaches 114 63 35 25 2
      Dining Cars 1221 1520 1695 1847 2108 2391 2517
      Luggage  Cars 1498 1686 1949 2144 2480 2448 2365
      Business Cars 87 77 87 69 78 87 61
      Others 680 670 844 1375 1950 2744 3063
  Freight Cars                   (coach) 300886 364966 432731 439943 541824 594388 622284
  Grouped by Type of Car
      Covered Cars 52677 66668 80437 92569 99206 103850 101481
      Open Cars 185684 232999 268179 252977 343480 388118 418778
      Flat Cars 18753 18726 27461 24685 30290 38766 39654
      Hazardous Materials Cars          1229 1580 1578 2056 2056 2056
      Tank Cars 31837 33646 37119 37778 38331 32346 30522
      Refrigerator Cars 3991 5150 7030 7909 7419 6587 6153
      Others 7944 6548 10925 22447 21042 22665 23640
  Grouped by Capacity of Car
     Under 40 Tons and Unidentified 20234 6071 3547 4159 4892
     40 Tons 4577 5119 6929 3606 3590
     41-49  Tons 7589
     50 Tons 104456 92442 48287 15799 3512
     51-59  Tons 16544 15500 27951 52565 47121 44640
     60 Tons 153198 238680 342086 307521 265154 205182 198749
     61-69 Tons 1571 6825 3546 103431 195911 196778 196554
     70 Tons and Over 306 329 385 5427 8611 125765 162661
  Total Loading Capacity of Freight 1612.5 2055.3 2502.9 2619.9 3294.5 3729.7 3934.3
    Cars                    (10 000 tons)                           
  Average Marked Loading Capacity per 53.9 56.6 57.9 59.6 60.8 62.7 63.2
    Car                             (ton)                           
               
a) Of freight cars grouped by loading capacity, the number of freight cars with loading capacity of 50 tons and below are 19680 in 2009 and the 
    number of freight cars with loading capacity of 50 tons and below are 19680 in 2010.