Method For Operating A Rail Vehicle, And Rail Vehicle

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a rail vehicle (1), wherein a spatial region ahead of the rail vehicle (1) in the direction of travel (5) is imaged by at least one image capture device (3, 3a, 3b, 3c) in at least one image (A), and, by evaluating the at least one image (A), the presence of a tunnel entry (TE) or a tunnel exit is detected temporally before the entry of the rail vehicle (1) into the tunnel (T) or temporally before the exit of the rail vehicle (1) from the tunnel (T), at least one control signal (SS) being generated for at least one rail vehicle system if the presence of a tunnel entry (TE) is detected temporally prior to the entry of the rail vehicle (1) into a tunnel (T) or the presence of a tunnel exit is detected temporally before the exit of the rail vehicle (1) from the tunnel (T). The rail vehicle system is a current collector control system of the rail vehicle (1), and a contact pressure by means of which a current collector (6) is pressed against an overhead line (8) is changed after a speed-dependent time after a detection time if the presence of the tunnel entry (TE) is detected, or the rail vehicle system is an air-conditioning system (9) or a ventilation system of the rail vehicle (1) which comprises at least one air duct, an opening state of the air duct being adjusted to a predetermined state after a speed-dependent time after the detection point if the presence of the tunnel entry (TE) is detected. The invention also relates to a rail vehicle.

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