Title:
RAILWAY CAR FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008195383
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a railway car which is free from a structural disadvantage of conventional technology.
The railway car comprises carriages including two drive carriages and intermediate carriages, transporting trucks, motorized trucks having at least one motor axle, and tow drive units capable of supplying electric power to motors of the motorized trucks. The invention is characterized at least by that all the carriages comprise passenger compartments, and all the railway cars are completely connected, and the tow drive units are disposed at the three carriages, and the motorized truck is disposed under at least one end part of each carriage receiving the tow drive unit.
Inventors:
PALAIS GEORGES
LHOMMET MAX
LHOMMET MAX
Application Number:
JP2008027515A
Publication Date:
August 28, 2008
Filing Date:
February 07, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ALSTOM TRANSPORT SA
International Classes:
B61F3/12; B61C3/00; B61D1/06; B61F3/04; B61F3/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshio Kawaguchi
Makoto Ono
Chihiro Watanabe
Kenkyo Kanayama
Katsuma Osaki
Mitsuaki Tsubokura
Makoto Ono
Chihiro Watanabe
Kenkyo Kanayama
Katsuma Osaki
Mitsuaki Tsubokura