Railway vehicle

Abstract

Provided is a railway vehicle having a configuration which can sufficiently protect the cabin even when large external force is applied to the end structures thereof. The vehicle body of the railway vehicle is formed by joining an underframe, side structures, end structures, and a roof structuretogether. An upper reinforcement beamin the railroad tie direction is disposed at the upper portion of the end structure. A plurality of post reinforcement members are disposed in the vertical direction so as to stand on an end beamof the underframe. The post reinforcement members and the upper reinforcement beam are respectively connected by an end post in the vertical direction disposed at an intermediate portion in the end structure width direction and corner postsin the vertical direction disposed at both end portions in the end structure width direction. The respective post reinforcement members are inserted from the front side into the end post and the corner posts through openingsdisposed on the vehicle body inner sides of the end post and the corner posts, and then the end structure is moved in a horizontal direction so as to be assembled.