Method for identifying a carriage (103, 123) of a linear transport system, wherein the linear transport system has a first carriage, a second carriage, a controller, a guide rail and a linear motor for driving the first and the second carriage (103, 123) along the guide rail, wherein the linear motor comprises a stator with motor modules (109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119) having at least two drive coils and comprises a first and a second rotor, wherein the motor modules (109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119), which are mechanically and electrically connected to one another, are arranged along the guide rail, wherein the first rotor is arranged on the first carriage and the second rotor is arranged on the second carriage, wherein the first carriage has a first magnetic field generator that has a plurality of magnets oriented along the guide rail and is designed to generate a first magnetic field, and the second carriage has a second magnetic field generator that has a plurality of magnets oriented along the guide rail and is designed to generate a second magnetic field, wherein the magnets of the first magnetic field generator and the magnets of the second magnetic field generator are oriented in each case alternately with the south pole and the north pole facing the motor modules (109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119), wherein the first magnetic field generator differs from the second magnetic field generator at least in terms of its magnetic vector field, in which the pole orientation of the magnets of the first magnetic field generator of the first carriage is rotated by 180° and thus exactly opposite the pole orientation of the magnets of the second magnetic field generator of the second carriage with regard to the longitudinal orientation towards the motor modules (109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119), such that, when the first and second magnetic field generators are considered in the case of first and second carriages (103, 123) placed on the guide rail, the south pole of the first magnet of the first magnetic field generator and the north pole of the first magnet of the second magnetic field generator are oriented facing the motor modules (109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119), comprising the following steps: applying (705, 803) a first control signal to the stator having at least two drive coils, this first control signal triggering a first measurement that depends on the magnetic vector field of the magnetic field generators of the two carriages (103, 123), receiving (706, 805) at least one first measurement signal associated with one of the two carriages (103, 123), which first measurement signal is based on the first measurement, identifying (719, 813) the carriage (103, 123) associated with the first measurement signal as the first carriage or as the second carriage based at least on the first measurement signal, wherein at least one reference value is stored in the controller and is associated with one of the two carriages (103, 123), wherein the identification (719, 813) of the carriage (103, 123) is based on a comparison between the first measurement signal and the at least one reference value, outputting a first or a second identification signal (721, 723, 815, 817) that represents an identification of the carriage (103, 123) associated with the first measurement signal as the first or the second carriage. applying (705, 803) a first control signal to the stator having at least two drive coils, this first control signal triggering a first measurement that depends on the magnetic vector field of the magnetic field generators of the two carriages (103, 123), receiving (706, 805) at least one first measurement signal associated with one of the two carriages (103, 123), which first measurement signal is based on the first measurement, identifying (719, 813) the carriage (103, 123) associated with the first measurement signal as the first carriage or as the second carriage based at least on the first measurement signal, wherein at least one reference value is stored in the controller and is associated with one of the two carriages (103, 123), wherein the identification (719, 813) of the carriage (103, 123) is based on a comparison between the first measurement signal and the at least one reference value, outputting a first or a second identification signal (721, 723, 815, 817) that represents an identification of the carriage (103, 123) associated with the first measurement signal as the first or the second carriage.