System for conveying persons and method for operating the system

A system for conveying persons, comprising:

• a track for supporting thereon a plurality of vehicles or groups of vehicles;
• continuous conveying cables for moving the vehicles along said track, said conveying cables including a first conveying cable and at least one successive conveying cable, each said cable having at least one respective drive associated therewith for driving said conveying cables independently of one another;
• said at least one successive conveying cable following said first conveying cable in longitudinal and transverse alignment therewith along a straight line;
• a plurality of clamping devices mounted to the vehicles or the groups of vehicles for coupling the vehicles or the groups of vehicles to said conveying cables, said clamping devices being mounted to the vehicles or groups of vehicles with at least two said clamping devices spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction and transversely aligned with one another;
• and
• a control device configured to control said clamping devices, for a transfer of a vehicle from said first conveying cable to said successive conveying cable, by decoupling at least one forward said clamping device, as seen in a direction of travel of the vehicle, from said first conveying cable and subsequently coupling said forward clamping device to said successive conveying cable and, in a continuing process, decoupling at least one further said clamping device from said first conveying cable and subsequently coupling said further clamping device to said successive conveying cable.