Storage column module for coupling to a framework structure of an automated storage and retrieval system

An automated storage and retrieval system comprising a framework structure that comprises a plurality of storage columns for accommodating a plurality of goods holders, wherein a rail system is arranged across a top of the framework structure, the automated storage and retrieval system further comprising a detachable storage column module for coupling to the framework structure of the automated storage and retrieval system, said module comprising at least one storage column for accommodating the goods holders inserted by means of a remotely operated vehicle operating on the rail system, the at least one storage column comprising a plurality of storage cells each comprising a goods holder support movable between a first position in which each goods holder support can obstruct passage of a goods holder of the plurality of goods holders moving vertically through a storage cell of the plurality of storage cells and a second position in which vertically moving goods holder can pass through the storage cell.