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Item	1985	1990	1995	2000	2002	2003

Passenger Coaches (coach)	20872	27261	32404	35989	37942	38972
Soft Berth Coaches	679	1061	1537	2055	2421	2621
Hard Berth Coaches	2633	4351	7607	10139	11738	11920
Soft Seat Coaches	260	330	574	764	676	746
Hard Seat Coaches	13700	17503	18076	17571	17148	17210
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches	114	63	35	25	5	5
Dining Cars	1221	1520	1695	1847	2008	1983
Luggage and Post Cars	1498	1686	1949	2144	2237	2226
Business Cars	87	77	87	69	62	71
Simple and Substitute Cars	79	42	9
Others	601	628	835	1375	1647	2190
Freight Cars (coach)	300886	364966	432731	439943	446707	503868
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars	52667	66668	80437	92569	91835	95678
Open Cars	185684	232999	268179	252977	257642	308578
Flat Cars	18753	18726	27461	24685	28028	29115
Hazardous Materials Cars		1229	1580	1578	1956	2056
Tank Cars	31837	33646	37119	37778	39258	40495
Refrigerator Cars	3991	5150	7030	7909	7711	7696
Others	7944	6548	10925	22447	20277	20250
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and Under	1476	949	1458
25-40 Tons	21520	8699	8786	7765①	8546	8525
50 Tons	104456	92442	48287	15799	3607	3590
51-59 Tons	16544	15500	27951		54218	54452
60 Tons	153198	238680	342086	307521	233327	268063
65 Tons	1571	6825	3546	103431②	138624	159620
73 Tons and Over	306	329	385	5427③	796	2029
Others	1815	1542	232
Total Loading Capacity of Freight	1612.5	2055.3	2502.9	2619.9	2686.2	3040.9
Cars (10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity per	53.9	56.6	57.9	59.6	60.1	60.4
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.