Two-floor passenger railway car and train comprising such a car

US10449974B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALSTOM Transport Technologies · FR

Inventors

• Benoit Fray · Villeneuve-d'Ascq, FR
• Bertrand De Colombel · Paris, FR
• Xavier Allard · Clamart, FR
• Carole Vannier · Paris, FR
• Alexis Bonnet · Paris, FR
• Lionel Graf · Paris, FR
• Olivier Velay · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61D33/0007
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A railway car includes a passenger compartment having, in a central segment of the compartment, a lower floor and an upper floor superposed with each other, respectively defining a lower story and an upper story, and, in end segments of the compartment, two platforms each connected to the lower floor through a descending passage and to an upper floor through an ascending passage. At least one platform is equipped with at least one row of longitudinal seats leaning against a side face of the railway car.