METHOD FOR RESCUING PASSENGERS AND CREW OF A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN IN CASE OF A POSSIBILITY OF ITS COLLISION WITH ANOTHER TRAIN OR OBSTACLE Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B61H7/12 B61H11/02 B60R21/02 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to railway transport. It relates to a way of rescuing passengers and the crew of a high-speed railway train at a risk of a possible collision with another train or an obstacle and involves the following: when there is a threat of a collision, the control units send a command to roll out the capsules of all cars and driver’s cabs. Then, pull-out panels with passengers sitting on their seats are rolled out of the trains, and the driver’s cab with the crew members is rolled out as well. After the evacuation of passengers from withdrawable capsules, and the evacuation of the crew members from the driver's cab, the axle axles are extracted from all the tongs and the heads of the right and left rails are release from the former. Then they are inserted into the tongs, while the hinged panels are installed in their places in the driver's cab, after the arrival of trains without their withdrawable elements, draw-out elements are tightened by their winches.

EFFECT: it is possible to increase the reliability of rescuing passengers in case of a possible train accident.

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