Abstract: A floor structure for a railway vehicle includes a composite panel. The panel includes a lower metal plate, an upper metal plate, and a layer of thermal insulating material arranged between the lower and upper metal plates. The layer of thermal insulating material includes a plate of wood or bark.

Abstract: A body structure for a rail vehicle that includes a frame with at least one support element made at least predominantly of steel alloy, at least one equipment element made predominantly of aluminum alloy, at least one first plate having at least one longitudinal edge and a first surface delimited by the longitudinal edge, and at least one longitudinal batten of steel alloy, which is integral with the support element, wherein the longitudinal batten is fixed flat to the first face by way of friction melt bonding.

Abstract: Disclosed is a body structure for a rail vehicle, wherein the body structure includes: a frame, which includes at least one support element made at least predominantly of steel alloy; and at least one equipment element made predominantly of aluminum alloy, and including at least one first plate having at least one longitudinal edge and a first surface delimited by the longitudinal edge. The body structure is wherein it further includes at least one longitudinal batten of steel alloy, which is integral with the support element, wherein the longitudinal batten is fixed flat to the first face by way of friction melt bonding.