<p>A railway vehicle wherein a head structure having a streamlined shape is provided with: a pair of corner pillars of which the bottom half part is joined to a pair of corner pillar reinforcing members installed in a standing manner on both ends of an edge beam and of which the top half part is tilted toward the back of the vehicle; an upper reinforcing beam disposed across the top end parts of the pair of corner pillars; a pair of end pillars of which the bottom half part is joined to a pair of end pillar reinforcing members installed in a standing manner in the inner side of both corner pillars by the edge beam, and of which the top half part is tilted toward the back of the vehicle, extends in a horizontal direction from the tilted top end toward the back of the vehicle and is joined to the upper reinforcing beam at the back end part; and a pair of connection members for connecting the tops of the pair of end pillars to the front end part of a roof structure. The upper reinforcing beam has sufficient strength so that the vehicle can be lifted from above by means of a crane.</p>
