LIFT FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS FOR A RAIL CAR

摘要

A railway car includes conventional steps leading from a lower station platform to the floor level in a vestibule. A lift platform adapted to receive a seat or wheel chair is provided to lift a handicapped person who has difficulty going up or down steps. The lift platform can be swung from a lower position in which it is level with the lower station platform to an upper position level with the vestibule floor, and vice versa, while maintaining a horizontal position, In the upper position the lift platform serves as a cover or trap door for the conventional steps in the railway car.