Maintenance cage for the maintenance of a cable car, having: a maintenance cage structure; a suspension device for fastening the maintenance cage structure so as to be suspended from a cable of the cable car, wherein the suspension device has a first suspension device and a second suspension device, wherein the first suspension device is configured for fastening the maintenance cage structure so as to be suspended from a first fastening point on the cable of the cable car, and the second suspension device is configured for fastening the maintenance cage structure so as to be suspended from a second fastening point on the cable of the cable car; and a working platform configured for transporting a maintenance technician to a maintenance location of the cable car and for carrying out the maintenance work at the maintenance location by the maintenance technician, characterized in that the maintenance cage structure has a lifting mechanism having a first lifting mechanism and a second lifting mechanism, wherein the working platform is mounted between the first and the second lifting mechanism; wherein the first lifting mechanism is disposed in the maintenance cage structure at the side of the first suspension device, and the second lifting mechanism is disposed in the maintenance cage structure at the side of the second suspension device, such that the spacing of the working platform from the cable at the first fastening point can be adjusted by the first lifting mechanism and the spacing of the working platform from the cable at the second fastening point can be adjusted by the second lifting mechanism in a mutually different manner. a maintenance cage structure; a suspension device for fastening the maintenance cage structure so as to be suspended from a cable of the cable car, wherein the suspension device has a first suspension device and a second suspension device, wherein the first suspension device is configured for fastening the maintenance cage structure so as to be suspended from a first fastening point on the cable of the cable car, and the second suspension device is configured for fastening the maintenance cage structure so as to be suspended from a second fastening point on the cable of the cable car; and a working platform configured for transporting a maintenance technician to a maintenance location of the cable car and for carrying out the maintenance work at the maintenance location by the maintenance technician, characterized in that the maintenance cage structure has a lifting mechanism having a first lifting mechanism and a second lifting mechanism, wherein the working platform is mounted between the first and the second lifting mechanism; wherein the first lifting mechanism is disposed in the maintenance cage structure at the side of the first suspension device, and the second lifting mechanism is disposed in the maintenance cage structure at the side of the second suspension device, such that the spacing of the working platform from the cable at the first fastening point can be adjusted by the first lifting mechanism and the spacing of the working platform from the cable at the second fastening point can be adjusted by the second lifting mechanism in a mutually different manner.