Method for operating a closing station and closing station

A method comprising operating a closing station that is provided in a filling plant for filling containers with a filling product, wherein said closing station comprises first and second closing elements located at a closing element position for closing containers and arranged in a container transport path downstream of a filling machine in a container transport direction, a carrier, a carriage, a joint, and a rail, wherein said carriage travels along said rail, wherein said joint joins said carrier to said carriage, wherein said carrier supports said closing elements, and wherein said carrier rotates about said joint relative to said carriage, wherein operating said closing station comprises electrically or electronically synchronizing one or more servo drives that drive said first and second closing elements with a servo motor that drives said filling machine, uncoupling said first closing element from a working position of said closing station by causing horizontal sideways motion of said first closing element, moving said first closing element away from said working position, bringing said second closing element into said working position, said working position having been vacated by said first closing element, and coupling said second closing element into said container transport path at said working position by laterally moving said second closing element.