In this paper existing active and passive radial guiding systems of

railway vehicle wheelsets are presented. The new system described in

this paper is based on non-direct measuring lateral forces in bogie

elements. As a part of project development there are numerical

calculations and experiments on a test stand carried out. As a main

issue, there are investigated stress signals from extensometers

mounted on guiding elements of wheelsets. In conclusions, there is

made a comparison between values obtained from numerical and

experimental tests.