Patent ID: 6925941
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: B61B,E01B

Abstract:
1. An elevated train suspended from a rail elevated at a height above a ground level, comprising at least one wagon that travels along a route having stations for boarding and/or disembarking of passengers, and having a portion of the rail at a station to define a station segment, a portion of the rail preceding the station segment to define a preceding segment, and a portion of the rail following the station segment to define a following segment, wherein the station segment comprises at least two transverse gaps so as to define a first rail segment, the first rail segment having a length equal to a distance between the preceding segment and the following segment, the train being suspended from the first rail segment when the train is in a station, first elevation means being provided for suspending the train and for allowing the first rail segment together with the train to be displaced in a vertical direction between two extreme positions, the two positions including an upper position in which the first rail segment is located between the preceding segment and the following segment so as to define a continuous rail route, and a bottom position in which the train suspended from the first rail segment rests on or is next to the ground so as to allow boarding and/or disembarking of passengers at ground level, a second rail segment being provided parallel to the first rail segment and having a length equal to the length of the first rail segment, the first rail segment and the second rail segment being configured to move sideways on guides for replacing one another in the upper position and for aligning with the preceding segment and the following segment.