Passenger transport installation having a plurality of track sections

A transport installation, comprising:

• a plurality of independent vehicles;
• a track whereon the vehicles run;
• a plurality of stations successively spaced apart along the track thereby defining a plurality of track sections, each track section extending between two successive stations, said plurality of said track sections including a first track section extending between first and second stations, and a second track section extending between said second station and a third station, said second track section having a length greater than a length of the first track section;
• traction cables for hauling the vehicles along the track, each track section having at least one of said traction cables for driving the vehicles along said each track section, wherein said second track section has a greater number of traction cables with respect to a number of traction cables of said first track section, thereby to increase a transport capacity of said second track section with respect to a transport capacity of said first track section;
• driving means for independently driving and stopping each traction cable;
• and
• coupling means for uncoupling a vehicle from a traction cable of one of said first and second track sections, while said vehicle is stopped at said second station, and for subsequently coupling said vehicle to a traction cable of the other of said first and second track sections, said coupling means comprising at least one grip secured to each vehicle, wherein only a single vehicle is simultaneously coupled to each traction cable.