STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT VEHICLE BODY OF RAILWAY VEHICLE AND METHOD TO ADJUST VEHICLE BODY HEIGHT OF RAILWAY VEHICLE

To provide a structure to support a vehicle body of a railway vehicle and a method to adjust a vehicle body height of a railway vehicle by which work to adjust a height of a vehicle body is easily done after wheel tread surface cutting without using a special customized machine tool or jig.SOLUTION: Under the condition that recesses 17 are formed by depressing an upper surface of an upper member 12 of an air spring 11 and the upper surface of the upper member touches a lower surface of a vehicle body 15, openings 19 are provided to insert or withdraw push-up means 18 for pushing up the vehicle body through spaces formed between bottom surfaces 17a of the recesses and the lower surfaces of the vehicle body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】専用の特殊な機器や治具を用いることなく、踏面削正後の車体の高さ調整作業を容易に行うことができる鉄道車両の車体支持構造及び鉄道車両の車体高さ調整方法を提供する。【解決手段】空気ばね１１の上側部材１２の上面を窪ませて凹部１７を形成し、上側部材の上面を車体１５の下面に当接させた状態において、凹部の底面１７ａと車体の下面との間に形成される空間に車体を押し上げるための押し上げ手段１８を出し入れ可能にする開口部１９を設けた。【選択図】図１