Patent ID: 7685947

Claim:
A cable railway system, comprising: a valley station and at least one mountain station, a carrying and conveying cable extending between said stations and guided in said stations by way of deflection pulleys, said pulleys including at least one driven pulley, and guide rails disposed in said stations; vehicles configured to transport passengers along said carrying and conveying cable between said stations while being coupled to said carrying and conveying cable, and wherein said vehicles are uncoupled from said carrying and conveying cable in said stations and moved through said stations along said guide rails, said vehicles being formed with entry and exit doors enabling passengers to board said vehicles or disembark from said vehicles in said stations; at least two diverter switches disposed along a course of said guide rails, said switches being disposed to divert respective vehicles of a first group to move along a first guide path and respective vehicles of a second group to move along a second guide path through the respective said station; wherein a common entry and exit area for the passengers is associated with first and second groups of vehicles, said common entry and exit area being located between said first and second guide paths; wherein said doors of said first group of vehicles are disposed on a first side thereof and said doors of said second group of vehicles are disposed on a second side thereof, such that said doors of said first and second group of vehicles face towards said common entry and exit area.