System Comprising a Plurality of Electrical Switches, Especially for a Magnetic Levitation Railway Line

A system, comprising:

• a multiplicity of electrical switches;
• at least one monitoring device associated with each respective one of said electrical switches for detecting a respective switching state of said respective one of said electrical switches;
• and
• a data connection interconnecting each of said at least one monitoring device for disclosing said switching states of all of said electrical switches to said at least one monitoring device.

A method for controlling a magnetic levitation railway line section, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing at least two stator sections each having a feed switch and a star point switch with switching positions defining switching states;
• monitoring the switching position of the feed switch and the switching position of the star point switch with at least one monitoring device for each respective one of the stator sections;
• transmitting the switching states of the feed switches and the star point switches of all of the stator sections to each of the at least one monitoring device;
• checking, with each monitoring device, to determine a presence of an impermissible operating state in a respectively associated stator section;
• and
• switching off at least one of at least one feed switch or at least one star point switch with a respectively associated monitoring device upon identifying an impermissible operating state in at least one of the stator sections.