A fast charging system for electrically driven vehicles, in particular electric busses or the like, for forming an electrically conductive connection between a vehicle and a stationary charging station, the fast charging system having a contact device (11, 58, 74), a charging contact device (12, 59, 75) and a positioning device, said contact device (11, 58, 74) or said charging contact device (12, 59, 75) being disposable on a vehicle, said charging contact device (12, 59, 75) being electrically contacted using the contact device (11, 58, 74) when in a contact position, said charging contact device (12, 59, 75) comprising a charging-contact-element carrier having charging contact elements (18, 76, 77, 78, 79), said charging contact elements (18, 76, 77, 78, 79) each forming a strip-shaped charging contact surface (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84), said contact device (11, 58, 74) comprising a contact element carrier having contact elements (17, 64, 85), said contact elements (17, 64, 85) each forming a contact surface (54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 89) which is smaller than the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84), said contact elements (17, 64, 85) being electrically contacted with the charging contact elements (18, 76, 77, 78, 79) for forming contact pairs in each instance when in the contact position, said contact device (11, 58, 74) being positioned in a longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) and/or in a transverse direction of the strip-shaped charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) with respect to the charging contact device (11, 58, 74) as well as being moved to the contact position by means of the positioning device, the strip-shaped charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) being disposed in a moving direction of the vehicle, the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) and the contact surfaces (54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 89) being disposed such in the longitudinal direction with respect to each other that a respective physical contact between the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) and the contact surfaces (54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 89) is formed in a defined order at respective longitudinal ends (72, 73, 93, 94) of the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) during a relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) during joining as well as separation in the longitudinal direction, the contact pairs being formed for power contacts, a signal contact and a protective-ground contact of the fast charging system, characterized in that the contact surfaces (54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 89) of the contact elements (17, 64, 85) are disposed at an offset relative to each other in the moving direction of the vehicle on the contact element carrier, the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) and the contact surfaces (54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 89) being disposed such with respect to each other in the longitudinal direction of the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) that first the protective-ground contact and a power contact or first the signal contact and a power contact are formed when the charging contact surfaces (50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84) are joined with the contact surfaces (54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 89) in this manner, high currents being transmittable only when the contact pair of the protective-ground contact and/or the signal contact has been formed.