Height-adjustable step platform for a rail vehicle

Abstract

A passenger rail vehicle includes at least one linearly movable step platform which is disposed in a boarding region of the rail vehicle and is used to bridge a gap in the horizontal direction between the boarding region of the rail vehicle and a station platform. The step platform includes a front section which forms part of a step surface of the step platform. The front section is mounted about a horizontal axis so that it can pivot on the step platform to form a ramp between a remaining step surface of the step platform and the station platform.

Claims

1. A rail vehicle for passenger transport, the rail vehicle comprising: a boarding region of the rail vehicle; at least one step platform being linearly displaceable and being disposed in said boarding region of the rail vehicle; said at least one step platform serving to bridge a gap in a horizontal direction between said boarding region of the rail vehicle and a station platform; said at least one step platform including a step surface, a remaining step surface and a front section forming part of said step surface; said at least one step platform having a step-shaped recess formed in a vicinity of said front section for receiving said front section; and said front section being rotatably mounted in said step-shaped recess and being pivotably mounted on said at least one step platform about a horizontal axis to form a ramp between said remaining step surface and the station platform.

2. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said step platform is displaceable in a horizontal direction.

3. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said horizontal axis, about which said front section is rotatably mounted, runs parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rail vehicle.

4. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, which further comprises a drive for adjusting an angle of inclination of said front section.

5. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said front section has an upper surface being pivotable to a vertical height of the station platform.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(1) The FIGURE illustrates a rail vehicle for passenger transport, having a step platform 1 which is linearly displaceable for the purposes of bridging a gap in a horizontal direction between a boarding region 7 of the rail vehicle and a station platform 5. The linear displaceability is indicated by the double arrow 11. The step platform 1 is in this case arranged on the rail vehicle in the region of the boarding region 7 of the rail vehicle and so as to be horizontally displaceable relative to the rail vehicle, such that a gap in a horizontal direction between the boarding region 7 of the rail vehicle and the station platform 5 can be bridged.

(2) Furthermore, the step platform 1 has a front section 2 which is arranged on the step platform 1 so as to be pivotable about the axis 10. The direction of the pivotability of the front section 2 of the step platform 1 relative to the remaining step platform 1 is indicated by the double arrow 12.

(3) By way of the front section 2, which is adjustable in terms of inclination, of the step platform 1, a spacing between a level of the remaining step surface 14 of the step platform 1 in the region of the boarding region 7 of the rail vehicle and a station platform level 15 is bridged. At the same time, in this exemplary embodiment, the boarding region 7 is of ramp-shaped form at the front end, such that it is also the case that an in any case only small vertical spacing between a floor level 8 of the boarding region 7 and the level of the remaining step surface 14 of the step platform 1 is bridged.

(4) Here, the step platform 1 is transversely and laterally retractable into and extendable out of a receptacle in the car body of the rail vehicle, such that, in the retracted state, said step platform is retracted entirely into the rail vehicle. Said step platform is then situated within the outer shell 9 of the rail vehicle. The structure gauge of the rail vehicle is thus not influenced by the step platform 1 when the latter is in the retracted state.

(5) In the extended state, a front end 4, averted from the rail vehicle, of the step platform 1 can abut, with the formation of a small, predefined gap, against the station platform 5. The front section 2 then substantially adjoins the station platform edge 6 vertically and horizontally. At the same time, the first part 13 of the step surface of the step platform 1, which first part is formed by the front section, is situated, in the region facing toward the rail vehicle, at the level of the remaining step surface 14 of the step platform 1.

(6) A simple option is, as depicted here, for the step platform 1 to comprise a recess 3 for receiving the front section 2 of the step platform 1, in which recess said front section is pivotable by a drive D relative to the remaining step platform 1 about the axis 10 for adjusting an angle of inclination of the front section 2.