Device for the reciprocating movement of a guide way segment of a guide way system for vehicles of an amusement ride from a first guide way connecting part to a second guide way connecting part , which is arranged at a distance to the first guide way connecting part , wherein the first and the second guide way connecting parts are a component of the guide way system , comprising - a guide way segment , on which at least one of the vehicles can be driven, - a support structure for supporting the guide way segment , - a guide structure , which includes a guide rail , along which the support structure is translationally moveable and along which the guide way connecting parts are arranged vertically offset and the support structure is guided, by means of the guide structure , along the guide structure such that the guide way segment is reciprocally moveable from the first guide way connection part to the, vertically offset arranged, second guide way connection part , and the at least one vehicle , leaving from the higher-positioned first guide way segment , is subject to gravitational force for a given time of acceleration without decelerating or braking, and - a drive apparatus for moving the support structure along the guide structure , - wherein the support structure includes means for carrying out, in addition to the translational movement, a pendulum or rocking movement of the guide way segment along the guide structure which is superimposed onto the translational movement and is independent of the translational movement along the guide structure , - wherein the means of the support structure include a first segment connected to the guide structure and a second segment connected to the guide way segment , wherein the second segment is moveable relative to the first segment . - a guide way segment , on which at least one of the vehicles can be driven, - a support structure for supporting the guide way segment , - a guide structure , which includes a guide rail , along which the support structure is translationally moveable and along which the guide way connecting parts are arranged vertically offset and the support structure is guided, by means of the guide structure , along the guide structure such that the guide way segment is reciprocally moveable from the first guide way connection part to the, vertically offset arranged, second guide way connection part , and the at least one vehicle , leaving from the higher-positioned first guide way segment , is subject to gravitational force for a given time of acceleration without decelerating or braking, and - a drive apparatus for moving the support structure along the guide structure , - wherein the support structure includes means for carrying out, in addition to the translational movement, a pendulum or rocking movement of the guide way segment along the guide structure which is superimposed onto the translational movement and is independent of the translational movement along the guide structure , - wherein the means of the support structure include a first segment connected to the guide structure and a second segment connected to the guide way segment , wherein the second segment is moveable relative to the first segment . <EOS>