Alstom Transport Technologies

Carlos Sanchez

Alain Rodet

Jose Julio Muyo

Emmanuel Lafoix

The railway vehicle includes two adjacent carriages (), each including a carriage body (), the bodies () being supported by a common bogie () and being articulated with each other with an articulation device (). The articulation device () is received in a space () of the bogie (), the space () being delimited along a longitudinal direction by a first abutment surface and by a second abutment surface (), the articulation device () extending facing the first and second abutment surfaces () so that, when the railway vehicle moves in a first longitudinal direction, the first abutment surface comes into contact with the articulation device (), and, when the railway vehicle moves in a second longitudinal direction, the second abutment surface () comes into contact with the articulation device ().

Bogie for full double deck EMU

A railway vehicle includes two adjacent carriages (), each including a carriage body (), each carriage () including a lower floor () and an upper floor (), positioned above each other so as to define a lower level () and an upper level (), the bodies () being supported by a common bogie () and being articulated with each other through an articulation device (). The carriages () are connected to each other through an interconnection passage (), the passage () extending substantially at right angles to the articulation device () and including a lower floor connecting the lower floors () of both carriages () and an upper floor connecting the upper floors () of both carriages.

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Paris, France

Carlos Sanchez