RAILWAY VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

The invention relates to a rail vehicle (10) comprising a motor coach with two traction lines (30), each traction line comprising a motor axle (32) and a motor (34), the vehicle also comprising a control system (18) of the vehicle, each traction line having an active operating mode, in which the motor axle is driven in rotation by the motor, and an inactive operating mode. [0002] The control system (18) is configured to determine the current total number of active traction lines, to determine a required individual traction power supplied by the current total number of active traction lines, to control the transition of one of the traction lines from the active mode to the inactive mode, and to jointly control the power supplied by each traction line remaining active so that the assembly supplies said required individual traction power.