Ballast sweeping installation for picking up and distributing ballast located on a track

A ballast sweeping installation for picking up and distributing ballast located on a track, the ballast sweeping installation comprising:

• a sweeping brush being rotatable about an axis of rotation in a brush rotation direction, said sweeping brush having length along said axis of rotation;
• a ballast conveyor belt disposed ahead of said sweeping brush relative to said brush rotation direction, said ballast conveyor belt having a transport direction extending parallel to said axis of rotation;
• said ballast conveyor belt having two deflection ends and having a length delimited by said two deflection ends being shorter than said length of said sweeping brush, said length of said ballast conveyor belt corresponding approximately to a gauge of the track;
• said ballast conveyor belt and said deflection ends being moveable parallel to said axis of rotation of said sweeping brush;
• a drive for displacing said ballast conveyor belt in said transport direction relative to said sweeping brush;
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• a ballast guiding plate positioned between said sweeping brush and said ballast conveyor belt for passing the ballast on to said ballast conveyor belt.