To provide a rubber hood for a railway vehicle capable of securing an escape path at a large fire time without generating poisonous gas and with excellent fire retardancy.

This rubber hood includes bellows-like hood cloth 4 made by laminating rubber layers 2 on both sides of reinforcing cloth 1. The reinforcing cloth 1 is made of at least one selected from a group comprising aramid fibers, glass fibers and phenol fibers. The rubber layer 2 is made of rubber component containing (A) millable type silicone rubber, (B) at least one of platinum and platinum compound and (C) at least one selected from a group comprising titanium oxide, iron oxide and carbon black. The reinforcing cloth 1 and the rubber layers 2 on both the side surfaces are adhered via an adhesive layer 3.