The invention discloses a sliding side wall covered wagon for railway transportation, which comprises a vehicle body steel structure and a sliding side wall, wherein the vehicle body steel structure comprises a center back and an underframe which are connected with each other. The sliding side wall covered wagon provided by the invention further comprises the sliding side wall, the center back and the underframe are welded with each other through end walls at the two ends of the vehicle and a side wall vertical column in the middle, the sliding side wall comprises two walls, an upper sliding rail
assembly, a lower sliding
assembly and a switching device, pulleys are arranged on the side walls, the upper sliding rail
assembly is connected with the center back, the lower sliding rail assembly is connected with the under frame, the upper sliding rail assembly and the lower sliding rail assembly form two sliding rails arranged up and down as a support when the side walls are sliding, the switching device comprises an operating
handle, a connecting rod and a locking device, wherein the operating
handle is connected with the end wall at the end part of the vehicle body, and is connected with the locking device through the connecting rod, the locking device is connected with the underframe and the center back; and the sliding side wall covered wagon is good in sealing effect, high in mechanized handling efficiency and fast
in vehicle running period, and the
large size goods hoisting is satisfied through end part operation.