System to enable access to travelling cable dead end hitch from inside an elevator car

A method of accessing a travelling cable end hitch of an elevator system, comprising:

• accessing a travelling cable from inside of an elevator car;
• pulling the travelling cable upward from inside of the elevator car;
• moving an end hitch portion of the travelling cable along a rail assembly secured to a bottom of the elevator car via pulling the travelling cable upward;
• and
• inspecting the travelling cable end hitch portion from inside of the elevator car when the travelling cable end hitch portion reaches a first end of the rail assembly.

An elevator system comprising:

• a hoistway;
• a travelling cable disposed in the hoistway;
• and
• an elevator car movable along the hoistway and operably connected to the travelling cable, the elevator car including:
• an elevator car floor;
• a rail assembly disposed below the floor;
• a movable device disposed at and movable along the rail assembly;
• and
• an end hitch portion of the travelling cable secured to the movable device and movable therewith.