Circular cableway

A circular cableway with a first conveying section which has a first conveyor cable, and with a second conveying section which has a second conveyor cable, and with a connecting station which connects the first and second conveying sections, wherein the first conveyor cable is deflected in the connecting station about a first cable sheave, and the second conveyor cable is deflected in the connecting station about a second cable sheave, wherein a plurality of cableway vehicles are provided which are movable by the first and second conveyor cables in the first and second conveying sections, wherein a connecting guide device is provided in the connecting station along which cableway vehicles decoupled from the first conveyor cable in an entry area of the first conveying section can be moved to an exit area of the first conveying section or to an exit area of the second conveying section, and along which cableway vehicles decoupled from the second conveyor cable in an entry area of the second conveying section can be moved to the exit area of the second conveying section or to the exit area of the first conveying section, comprising:

• a circulating guide section in the connecting guide device that forms a closed conveyor loop along which the cableway vehicles can be moved;
• a first switchable guide element displaceable between a closed position, connecting a first entry guide section of the connection guide device provided in the entry area of the first conveying section to the circulating guide section, and an open position;
• a second switchable guide element displaceable between a closed position, connecting a first exit guide section of the connection guide device in the exit area of the first conveying section to the circulating guide section, and an open position;
• a third switchable guide element displaceable between a closed position, connecting a second entry guide section of the connection guide section in the entry area of the second conveying section to the circulating guide section, and an open position;
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• a fourth switchable guide element displaceable between a closed position, connecting a second exit guide section of the connection guide device in the exit area of the second conveying section to the circulating guide section, and an open position.