Aerial cable transport station, aerial cable transport installation comprising one such station and operating method of one such installation

Aerial cable transport station comprising:

• a cable running along the station;
• a running track;
• vehicles comprising at least one transport vehicle and one maintenance vehicle, the maintenance vehicle presenting a different volume from that of the transport vehicle, each vehicle comprising a drive system performing attachment to the cable on exit from the station and attachment to the running track in the station;
• wherein the transport station comprises a guide installed movable between an operating position and a maintenance position, the operating position preventing pivoting of the transport vehicle around the attachment of the transport vehicle with the running track beyond a threshold position;
• wherein, in the operating position, the guide forms an obstacle to movement of the maintenance vehicle when the maintenance vehicle runs along the running track;
• and
• in that, in the maintenance position, the guide is located outside the volume occupied by the maintenance vehicle when the maintenance vehicle is travelling along the running track.