| 4.1.3. Passenger railway vehicles | ||||||
| 1995 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Total number | 5 996 | 5 607 | 5 284 | 5 259 | 5 149 | 5 121 |
| by type of vehicle | ||||||
| passenger cars | 3 753 | 3 338 | 2 895 | 2 860 | 2 766 | 2 715 |
| trailers to railcars | 2 243 | 2 269 | 2 249 | 2 247 | 2 239 | 2 262 |
| of passenger cars | ||||||
| couchette coaches, sleeping cars | 151 | 105 | 103 | 108 | 100 | 99 |
| dinning cars | 47 | 54 | 37 | 44 | 44 | 45 |
| Number of seats and berths (in thous.) | 397 | 374 | 363 | 352 | 339 | 474 |
| seats by type of vehicle | ||||||
| seats in the coaches | * | 234 | 223 | 211 | 335 | 332 |
| of which: | ||||||
| I class seats | * | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| II class seats | * | 219 | 211 | 199 | 324 | 320 |
| seats in the railcars and trailers | * | 140 | 139 | 137 | 137 | 139 |
| berths | * | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Source : MD's transport statistics | ||||||