Railway vehicle carriage facilitating access for passengers with reduced mobility

14:

• A railway vehicle carriage comprising:
• two bogies provided at each end of the carriage;
• a floor extending above and between the two bogies, the floor comprising at least one low platform and two high floor levels each arranged in register with a bogie on either side of the low platform, the low platform having a floor height lower than that of the high floor levels and being arranged opposite a door of the railway vehicle carriage, the low platform being movable in vertical translation so that a height of the low platform is adjustable in order to allow the height of said platform to be adapted to the height of a railway vehicle station platform of variable height, the floor not having steps when the low platform is in a high position, the low platform being connected to said high floor levels by ramps when said low platform is in the high position.

15:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 14, further comprising a functional space for housing equipment of the railway vehicle, said space being arranged substantially in register with and beneath at least part of the vehicle floor.

16:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 15, wherein the functional space for housing equipment extends beneath substantially a whole of the length of the carriage.

17:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to further comprising at least one intermediate platform arranged at an intermediate height between one of the high floor levels and the movable platform in the high position, the intermediate platform being connected to said low platform in the high position and to at least one of the high floor levels by way of the ramps.

18:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 17 further comprising a plurality of seats arranged on first platforms so as to accommodate passengers;
• said first platforms having a height substantially equal to that of the high floor levels, the intermediate platform comprising a zone which does not have seats so as to accommodate passengers with reduced mobility.

19:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 17 wherein a first ramp of the ramps extends between the at least one high floor level and the intermediate platform and has a slope of substantially from 6% to 8%.

20:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 14 wherein a first ramp of the ramps extends between the at least one high floor level and the low platform and has a slope of substantially from 5% to 7%.

21:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 17 wherein a first ramp of the ramps extends between the intermediate platform and the low platform and has a slope of substantially from 6% to 8%.

22:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 14 wherein a floor height of the low platform is variable substantially from 550 mm to 950 mm relative to rails on which the railway vehicle is to travel.

23:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 17 wherein a floor height of the intermediate platform is substantially from 1000 mm to 1200 mm relative to rails on which the railway vehicle is to travel.

24:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 14 wherein a height of the high floor levels is substantially from 1200 mm to 1300 mm.

25:

• The railway vehicle carriage according to claim 14 wherein a difference in height between the floor and a ground clearance of the railway vehicle is substantially from 400 mm to 700 mm.

26:

• The railway vehicle according to claim 14 further comprising means for the remote control of the translation of the low platform such as can be used by a passenger of the railway vehicle.

27:

• The railway vehicle according to claim 26 wherein the remote control means includes a passenger remote control.