Lifting system for rerailing a rail vehicle

A lifting system comprising:

• a rail vehicle with an undercarriage structure, said undercarriage structure having a support unit, said support unit having a plateau section permanently affixed to said undercarriage structure and a track clearance receiver connected to said plateau section by side wall sections;
• a coupling cage being defined by said plateau section bounding a top of said cage, said side walls bounding lateral sides of said cage and said track clearance receiver bounding a bottom of said cage, and said plateau, said side walls and said track clearance receiver delimiting a front opening of said coupling cage;
• a support profile affixed at opposite ends thereof to said side walls, said support profile running transversely to a longitudinal axis of said rail vehicle and across said front opening;
• a central buffer coupling with integrated energy absorption element projecting through said front opening;
• a gripping element to be raised and lowered by a lifting device, said gripping element having two hook-shaped gripping brackets
• said gripping brackets being spaced apart from one another and configured to be positioned under said support profile symmetrically to a vehicle longitudinal center plane for engagement of said gripping element by being lowered on both sides of said central buffer coupling and by subsequently being inserted into said front opening for engagement of said gripping element with said undercarriage structure for lifting and lowering the rail vehicle;
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• said gripping brackets having a hooked profile corresponding to said support profile.