Lifting device for the rail-guided transportation of a vehicle

A lifting device (10) for the transportation of a vehicle (500) and comprising

• a support structure (100) which is suitable for releasable or firm connection to the vehicle (500), and
• at least one lifting unit (200, 201) which is provided to lift the vehicle (500) in a lifting direction (h) from a lowered vehicle position in which the vehicle (500) rests on a ground surface (400) into a completely or partially lifted vehicle position,
• characterized in that
• the support structure (100) comprises one or more guide rails (110) as well as one or more guide rods (120) which are guided linearly in the guide rails (110), wherein either the guide rails (110) are indirectly or directly connected to the vehicle (500) and the guide rods (120) are indirectly or directly connected to at least one lifting unit (200, 201) or alternatively the guide rods (120) are indirectly or directly connected to the vehicle (500) and the guide rails (110) are indirectly or directly connected to at least one lifting unit (200, 201), so that,
• in the lifted vehicle position, either the guide rails (110) or alternatively the guide rods (120), together with the vehicle (500), can be moved linearly relative to the ground surface (400) and
• in the lowered vehicle position, either the guide rods (120) or alternatively the guide rails (110), together with the at least one lifting unit (200, 201), can be moved linearly relative to the ground surface.