DE9315830U1 - Entry area for two-story rail vehicles - Google Patents

Description

Entry area for two-storey rail vehicles

The present invention relates to an entry area for two-story rail vehicles, which is designed in such a way that people can get on and off comfortably and safely from the platform edge and can also safely climb up to the upper floor of the relevant carriage via stairs.
Double-decker carriages are known on railways. These have considerable disadvantages with regard to boarding and access to the upper floor.

Since then, the boarding area has not been divided up for use by wheelchair users or strollers etc., so that climbing the steps to the upper floor was hampered by a behavior of the passengers that was not determined by the system.

The current state of the art results in the situation that when the train stops, the entrance area is opened and a step is extended or folded out. Passengers get on and off using this step. Wheelchair users or users with strollers and the like cannot, in principle, use the stairs to the upper floor without any problems. This leads to congestion and loss of time. Another disadvantage of the current state of the art is that a ramp is arranged next to the step inside the car, which is inclined towards the inside of the car over the entire width of the step and is diagonally connected to the side of the staircase at the bottom step. This results in an unsafe way of walking for the user both when walking up and when stepping down from the bottom step onto the aforementioned slanted ramp. As practice has shown, the risk of foot injuries cannot be ruled out.

Another disadvantage of the arrangement of the state of the art is that the entry area is completely

this ramp mentioned is covered and there is no horizontal surface to walk on. For example, it is in this area that toilets and maintenance rooms are located, which, in their previous arrangement, can only be reached from the ramp mentioned.

A further disadvantage of the known layout of the entrance area is that, as a result of the previous staircase layout, too much space was required on the floor area due to the requirement to maintain standing height in the staircase area due to the ramp mentioned. This space requirement has a negative impact on the seating area on the upper floor.

As is well known, double-decker carriages also have the problem of compensating for the height difference between the carriage floor and the top of the platform. This is due to the fact that the total height of a double-decker carriage cannot exceed a certain level. Since then, the entry and exit areas of double-decker carriages have been designed in such a way that the carriage floor is not at the same height as the top of the platform.

The invention is based on the state of the art, which has entry areas that are provided with a permanently installed ramp.

The present invention aims to propose an entry area for two-storey rail vehicles, which should meet the following conditions:

- it should enable an orderly, time-saving entry and exit

- in the entry area, access to the sanitary facilities

and maintenance rooms without danger and without being affected by lateral ramp edges,

- access to the lowest step of the staircase should be on a horizontal level and not from a sloped ramp,

- the entry area should be designed in such a way that, in order to achieve time savings and a special

For convenience, the entry area is systematically divided into two areas, namely an area that is particularly suitable for users of wheelchairs and/or strollers and one that allows non-disabled people to get in and out quickly - that the entry area should be designed in such a way with regard to the staircase that a larger seating area can be achieved on the upper floor.

This task is solved by an entry area according to the description, the drawings and the patent claims. The invention is explained in more detail using drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1 is a perspective partial view of a car body in the exterior design according to the invention in the entrance area,

Fig. 2 a perspective partial view of a car body with entry area, stairs to the upper floor and car transition area in the upper floor, Fig. 3 a partial view from above of the entry area, with the running board folded out,

Fig. 4 a perspective partial view of the entry area with stairs to the upper floor,

Fig. 5 a partial view of the staircase section on the upper floor,

Fig. 6 a partial section I-I according to Fig. 3 and Fig. 7 a section I-I according to Fig. 3

When the double-decker carriage stops at the platform, the doors not shown in the drawings open. These can be designed as sliding doors, sliding swing doors or similar. There are two entrance doors arranged opposite each other on both long sides of the carriage body (1). While the doors open, a step board (2) folds out under the door to bridge the gap between the platform edge and the carriage body (1). Passengers enter the carriage via this step board (2), which will be described in more detail later.

&iacgr;&ogr; the car body (1). The opening, three-lane entrance door (3) is divided across its entire width in the ratio 1/3 entry step area (4) to 2/3 entry ramp area (5). In vertical extension, this is achieved by the separating bar attached to the separation of the areas.

(6) marked. On the entry ramp area (5), the user steps onto a ramp (7) that is slightly inclined towards the middle of the vehicle. This makes it easier or possible for wheelchair users and passengers with bicycles or strollers to get into the vehicle. The asymmetrical division means there is enough space here, especially for wheelchair users who require a certain width. At the end of the ramp (7) there is a horizontally flat floor area (8), which is also wide enough to accommodate the track width of a wheelchair. The entry area can be left towards the middle of the vehicle (9) via this flat area.

The entry step area (4) on the vehicle floor is not equipped with the ramp (7) mentioned above. When boarding the vehicle, the passenger steps down from the step board (2) directly onto the horizontally flat floor area (8). This is located towards the end of the vehicle.

This horizontally flat floor area (8) is of great use for the passenger, as the stairs

(10) to the upper floor or in the multi-purpose area (11) next to the stairs (10), toilets not shown in the drawing

or maintenance rooms. The lowest step (12) of the stairs (10) and the multi-purpose area (11), e.g. toilet, are therefore accessed from the horizontally flat floor area (8). In addition, the height of the ramp (7) that is eliminated in this area in the head area of the lower floor is increased, especially towards the outside of the car body (1). The stair cutout (13) in the floor of the upper floor (14), which is necessary to maintain standing height in every area of the stairs (10), can thus

&iacgr;&ogr; can be reduced. This leads to more seating space on the upper floor. The horizontally flat floor area (8) in this part of the entry area as shown in Fig. 1 also enables those people who can only enter via the ramp (7) to use the multi-purpose area without any problems

(11) next to the stairs (10) or the sanitary room possibly located there.

The mentioned running board (2) can be designed so that it can be swiveled or folded. The running board (2) is one-piece. Due to the system, it also has a 1:2 division, characterized in that the step surface in the entry step area (4) is extended towards the carriage, compared to the step surface in the entry ramp area (5), this enables the running board (2) in the unfolded state in the entry ramp area (5) to directly connect to the outer edge of the ramp (7). On the other side of the separating support rod (6), the extended part of the running board (2) folds horizontally slightly into the interior of the carriage. This bridges the recess of the carriage body (1) in this area, caused by the maximum outer profile according to the UIC standard, and the running board (2) is given a sufficient depth in front of a step, which is beneficial for general safety.

Reference list

1. Car body 2. Running board 3. three-lane entrance door 4. Entry step area 5. Boarding ramp area 6. Separating support bar 7. ramp 8th. horizontally flat floor area 9. Car center 10. Stairs 11. Multipurpose area 12. bottom step 13. Staircase cutout 14. Upper floor

Claims (7)

«Pataivtrahspüche 1. Boarding area for two-storey rail vehicles, having the following characteristics: - the three-lane entry door (3) is divided across its entire width in the ratio 1/3 entry step area (4) to 2/3 entry ramp area (5), - the vehicle floor is basically designed horizontally in the area of the entry step area (4) as a horizontally flat floor area (8), &iacgr;&ogr; - the entry area is provided with a horizontally flat floor area (8) which directly connects to stairs (10) and multi-purpose areas (11), - at the end of the ramp (7) there is a horizontally flat floor area (8) which is at least the width of a wheelchair, - the horizontally flat floor area (8) connects directly to the stairs without a slanting transition, 2. Entry area for two-storey rail vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that - the lowest step (12) of the staircase (10) can be accessed directly from the horizontally flat floor area (8). 3. Entry area for two-storey rail vehicles according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that - the running board (2) is one-piece and has a division of 1:2 4. Entry area for two-storey rail vehicles according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that - the running board (2) is geometrically designed in such a way that when unfolded, the step surface in the entry step area (4) is extended towards the vehicle, 5. Entry area for two-storey rail vehicles according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that - the footboard (2) in the unfolded state in the entry ramp area (4) forms a step to the horizontally flat floor (8), 6. Entry area for two-storey rail vehicles 2 - according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that - the footboard (2) in the unfolded state in the entry ramp area (5) connects directly to the outer edge of the ramp (7). 7. Entry area for two-storey rail vehicles according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that - the running board (2) can be swung into the vehicle interior in the entry step area when unfolded.