Patent ID: 8365675

Claim:
A railway vehicle comprising: two end bogies, each end bogie comprising: a chassis; two front wheels and two rear wheels, the two front wheels being offset longitudinally from the two rear wheels; for each front wheel and each rear wheel, a guide for guiding said wheel in rotation and a primary suspension device of the chassis on said guide; at least the primary suspension devices associated with the front and rear wheels provided on the same first lateral side of the bogie each comprising: two longitudinal connecting rods, each connected to the chassis by a first connection point, and to the corresponding guide by a second connection point, and at least one resilient component inserted between the two connecting rods to define at least the vertical stiffness of the primary suspension device, the two connecting rods being offset longitudinally from one another, each second connection point between each of the two longitudinal connecting rods and the corresponding guides being exclusive of the at least one resilient component and exclusive of the chassis, each end bogie comprising a pivot connector suitable for connecting said end bogie to said vehicle pivotally around an axis substantially perpendicular to a rolling plane of the railway vehicle; wherein the two connecting rods of each of said primary suspension devices of each end bogie are arranged at a vertical level lower than the highest point of the corresponding guide.