Motor-Driven Bogie for a Streetcar

A railway vehicle comprising:

• a body which is elongate in shape in a principal direction, provided with a body chassis;
• and
• at least one bogie connected to the body (12) and arranged below the body chassis comprising:
• a bogie chassis;
• two front wheels transversely spaced apart from one another and two rear wheels transversely spaced apart from one another, the front and rear wheels being connected to the bogie chassis, the front wheels being longitudinally spaced apart from the rear wheels;
• at least one driving motor;
• and
• a transmission comprising a front reducing gear for coupling the front wheels to the at least one motor and a rear reducing gear for coupling the rear wheels to the at least one motor;
• the at least one motor being mounted on the bogie chassis, the front and rear reducing gears being arranged between, on the one hand, a longitudinal plane midway between the two front wheels and midway between the two rear wheels and, on the other hand, a longitudinal plane passing through the front wheel and the rear wheel situated on the same, first transverse side of the bogie;
• the body chassis comprising a first raised portion above the front and rear wheels situated on the first transverse side of the bogie and above the front and rear reducing gears, a second raised portion at least above the front and rear wheels situated on a second transverse side of the bogie opposite the first, and a lowered portion forming a circulation corridor, substantially parallel to the principal direction, between the first and second raised portions.