Elevator with two elevator cars which are disposed one above the other in a shaft

An elevator with at least two elevator cars which are disposed one above the other in an elevator shaft, which cars are vertically movable, comprising:

• a first elevator car connected to a first counterweight by a first traction means;
• a first drive fixed in a region of a head of the elevator shaft at a first shaft side wall and having a first drive pulley for driving said first traction means;
• a second elevator car connected to a second counterweight by a second traction means;
• a second drive fixed in the region of the head of the elevator shaft at a second shaft side wall opposite the first shaft wall and having a second drive pulley for driving said second traction means;
• and
• a first deflecting roller associated with said first drive and being positioned at the second shaft side wall above said first counterweight whereby said first traction means is led from said first counterweight over said first deflecting roller to said first drive pulley and from there to said first elevator car.