Bogie for passenger railway carriages with the floor at platform level throughout the carriage.

摘要

A bogie for railway carriages for the transport of passengers which has a frame (7) on which the body of the carriage (3) rests through the intermediary of secondary means of suspension (11) suspend beneath two pairs of journal boxes (15) carrying wheelsets (16) respectively, with intermediate primary suspension members (17) in which the secondary means of suspension (11) are at least partially contained within the vertical dimensions of the frame (7) and the primary means of suspension (17) are included within the vertical dimensions of the wheels (24A) of the wheelsets, the bogie being capable of carrying a carriage body (3) with a floor (2) which has at least one portion in the part above the bogie at a level lower than the vertical dimension of the wheels (11), with provision for dismantlable braking means (21) and means (28) for controlling and limiting rolling movement by the body with respect to the bogie.