The
brake device (1) provided for a railway vehicle comprises at least one wheelset (99) having a wheelset axle (98), along which a wheelset axis (y) extends coaxially, and the
brake device (1) comprises wheels (9, 9', 9'') directly or indirectly connected to the wheelset axle (98) and rotatable about a wheel axis (x), and comprises
eddy current rotors (22A; 22B) connected to the wheels (9, 9', 9''), and the
eddy current rotors (22A; 22B) and at least one friction
brake (3; 3A, 3B) having a friction rotor (32; 32A, 32B; 92) connected to or integrated in the wheels (9, 9', 9'') and having a friction
stator (31; 31A, 31B) displaceable relative to the friction rotor (32; 32A, 32B; 92). - the
eddy current brake (2A; 2B) and the friction brake (3; 3A, 3B) can be sequentially actuated by a single actuation device (7) and drive device (8), said drive device (8) being connected to the actuation device (7) and controllable by a
control unit (10); the eddy current rotor (22A; 22B) is designed as one piece or segmented, has a disk or ring shape, is aligned coaxially with the wheel axis (x) and is connected to one side of the wheel (9, 9', 9'') or is integrated into the wheel (9, 9', 9''); at least one eddy-current
stator (21A; 21B) is designed as one piece or segmented and is displaceable in the direction of the wheel axis (x) in front of the eddy-current rotor (22A; 22B) or tiltable segment-by-segment relative to the eddy-current rotor (22A; 22B); - the wheels (9, 9', 9'') have a wheel rim (92) acting as a friction rotor (32) with a front surface (921) directed radially outward with respect to the wheel axis (x) acting as a braking surface, and the friction
stator (31) is displaceable with respect to the front surface (921).