An assembly which is intended to support a coupling hose of a railway vehicle having a fixed sill. A draft unit mounted in the sill is of the type including a draft housing mounted for longitudinal sliding motion within the sill. A coupling bar, having one end projecting outwardly from one end of the vehicle, is connected at its other end to the draft housing for transverse swinging motion about a vertical pivot axis disposed in a longitudinal median plane of the vehicle. The coupling hose is connected at one of its ends to a hose support member. This support member is supported by connecting means in spaced vertical relation relative to the coupling bar, in close longitudinal proximity to the one free end thereof. The connecting means is connected with the draft member to cause longitudinal motion of the hose support member relative to the sill upon corresponding motion of the coupling bar. This motion of the hose support member serves to generally maintain the relative positioning of the hose support member and the free end of the coupling bar during cushioning motion thereof. Guiding means is connected with the vehicle and with the connecting means to guide the connecting means and thus move the hose support member in a path disposed generally in the longitudinal median plane of the railway vehicle.