Elevator rail

An elevator rail for guiding moving bodies of an elevator system along a travel path between different floors or levels of a structure, wherein the moving bodies serve as a car for the transport of people or goods or as a counterweight, the elevator rail comprising:

• a rail having a hollow cross section bordered in a closed manner by a continuous outer surface, the continuous outer surface extending all along the travel path when the rail is installed in the elevator system;
• at least three guide contours formed on the continuous outer surface of the rail, where the guide contours each guide an element associated with one of the moving bodies;
• wherein a first of the at least three guide contours is a groove formed in the continuous outer surface and indented toward an interior of the hollow cross section, where the groove is adapted to interact with a guide shoe associated with the moving bodies such that in a first horizontal direction, a relative horizontal movement between the groove and the guide shoe is delimited at least on one side of the guide shoe, and that in a second horizontal direction, perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, a relative horizontal movement between groove and the guide shoe is delimited on two other sides of the guide shoe;
• and
• wherein a second of the at least three guide contours is formed as a tongue.