PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a single axle wheel set equipped with an external suspension support part for railway rolling stock equipped with a pendulum suspension. SOLUTION: This wheel set is constituted of a flat and horizontal chassis attached with an independent movable wheel, and a vertical suspension support part positioned at an external part of the wheel with upper part mutually connected by a crossbar forming a portico. A suspension spring is disposed on the upper part.
1. A single-axle wheel set with outer suspension supports for pendulum-type railway vehicles comprising a chassis on which independent, movable wheels are mounted, said chassis having a pendulum-type suspension system with its suspension springs arranged in the upper part of upright supporting means, characterised in that the chassis is a flat, horizontal chassis, and in that the suspension supports are made up of a framework in the form of a portico, the lower ends of the upright legs of said portico being attached to said flat chassis at points situated on the outer part of said wheels and whose upper crosspiece incorporates shock-absorbing springs close to its outer ends. 2. A single-axle wheel set in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that the attachment points of the lower ends of the legs of said portico are situated directly upon the outer bearing boxes of each wheel. 3. A single-axle wheel set in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that the anchoring of the system of articulated bars which control the position of the wheel set in relation to the boxes of the carriages between which said wheel set is arranged, is in the outer, lower part of the legs of said portico.