Process for control of a rail vehicle

A method of controlling a railway vehicle (1), comprising the steps of: - checking (102) if a condition for triggering emergency braking of the rail vehicle is satisfied; and, if so, - initiating (106) the emergency brake in order to stop the railway vehicle, if the trigger condition of the emergency braking of the rail vehicle is checked. The method further includes, when the emergency brake is triggered and before stopping of the rail vehicle, to: - repeat the step of checking (104) whether a trigger condition of emergency braking of the rail vehicle is met; and - interrupting (108) the emergency braking if and only if no brake of the trigger condition is fulfilled.