ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROPULSION CONTROL DEVICE, AND RAILWAY VEHICLE SYSTEM

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric vehicle propulsion control device including a power storage device 15. The electric vehicle propulsion control device 15 includes a switch 4 configured to perform opening and closing of a circuit between an overhead wire 2 and a power converting unit 8, a switch 16 configured to perform opening and closing of a circuit between the power converting unit 8 and a motor 17, a switching unit 11 configured to select a terminal on a side of the power converting unit 8 to which the switch 4 is connected or a terminal on a side of the power converting unit 8 to which the switch 16 is connected and connect the terminal to the power storage device 15, and a control unit 1 configured to control the power converting unit 8, the switch 4, the switch 16, and the switching unit 11 to switch a connection destination of the power converting unit 8 and cause the power converting unit 8 to operate as an inverter or a DC/DC converter according to an operation form of an electric vehicle.