a brake arrangement of a railway vehicle includes an electrical brake device having an electronic brake controller and having an electro - pneumatic regulator with a pressure sensor . an emergency brake device has a pressure reducer in series with a valve device . a shuttle valve device is also present at a pneumatic output of the electrical pneumatic braking device and a pneumatic output of the emergency brake system and is connected at the inputs thereof . the output of the valve device is connected to a control valve device connected upstream of a brake cylinder . the brake arrangement can be a direct braking arrangement and can be converted in a simple manner to an indirect braking arrangement . the valve device is an electromagnetic emergency stop valve working according to the principle of de - energizing to close , and the pressure sensor of the electro - pneumatic regulator is connected to the output of the shuttle valve device .