In a hybrid railway vehicle comprising an electrical power generating device in which a power device and a generator are combined and an electrical power storage device, appropriate charge/discharge control of an electrical power storage cell is carried out according to a manner of running by a driver so that a railway diagram is not hindered. Based on a running pattern of a vehicle corresponding to a notch command 21 from a master controller 10, the vehicle is operated in an operation mode 23 defined in advance by an operation mode definition database 14. At this time, based on the position of the train measured by a position measurement portion 11, a target charge amount of an electrical power storage device 8 is determined based on a position-reference charge amount pattern 22 from a position-reference charge amount database 12. And an engine output command 24 of a power generating device (diesel engine) 2 and a charge/discharge command 25 of the electrical power storage device 8 are calculated so that the target charge amount of the electrical power storage device 8 is achieved.
