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16-18 Number of National Railway Passenger Coaches and Freight Cars Owned

Item 1985 1990 1995 2000 2003 2004
 
Passenger Coaches              (coach) 20872 27261 32404 35989 38972 39766
Soft Berth Coaches 679 1061 1537 2055 2621 3049
Hard Berth Coaches 2633 4351 7607 10139 11920 12550
Soft Seat Coaches 260 330 574 764 746 772
Hard Seat Coaches 13700 17503 18076 17571 17210 16965
Soft and Hard Seat Coaches 114 63 35 25 5
Dining Cars 1221 1520 1695 1847 1983 2058
Luggage and Post Cars 1498 1686 1949 2144 2226 2362
Business Cars 87 77 87 69 71 77
Others 680 670 844 1375 2190 1933
Freight Cars                   (coach) 300886 364966 432731 439943 503868 520101
Grouped by Type of Car
Covered Cars 52667 66668 80437 92569 95678 96107
Open Cars 185684 232999 268179 252977 308578 323970
Flat Cars 18753 18726 27461 24685 29115 29530
Hazardous Materials Cars 1229 1580 1578 2056 2056
Tank Cars 31837 33646 37119 37778 40495 40222
Refrigerator Cars 3991 5150 7030 7909 7696 7696
Others 7944 6548 10925 22447 20250 20250
Grouped by Capacity of Car
20 Tons and Under 1476 949 1458
25-40 Tons 21520 8699 8786 7765? 8525 8731
41-49  Tons 7589
50 Tons 104456 92442 48287 15799 3590 3538
51-59  Tons 16544 15500 27951 54452 54456
60 Tons 153198 238680 342086 307521 268063 267065
65 Tons 1571 6825 3546 103431? 159620 175111
73 Tons and Over 306 329 385 5427? 2029 3611
Others 1815 1542 232
Total Loading Capacity of Freight 1612.5 2055.3 2502.9 2619.9 3040.9 3147.0
Cars                    (10 000 tons)
Average Marked Loading Capacity per 53.9 56.6 57.9 59.6 60.4 60.5
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 ? refer to cars with a loading capacity of 20 tons and less, data marked ? refer to cars with a loading capacity of 61 tons,
and ? refer to cars with a loading capacity of 70 tons and over. The same as in the following years.



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These tables are based on figures supplied by the National Bureau Of Statistics of the The Peoples Republic Of China and are subject to revision by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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Revised 26-April-2006