Transport installation with load carrying rails and traction cable which has an asymmetrical turn-out and method for increasing the minimum distance between two funicular vehicles having a collision risk before crossing.

摘要

The invention relates to a transport installation comprising two vehicles (1) or sets of vehicles travelling back and forth in opposite directions on load-carrying rail tracks (2) between an upstream end station (3b) and a downstream end station (3a), at least one traction cable (4) forming a loop with two strands moving in opposite directions between the two stations (3), each vehicle (1) being drawn along respectively by one strand of this same traction cable (4), the load-carrying tracks (2) defining an upstream section (2b), a single-track downstream section (2a) extending upstream from the downstream station (3a), and a two-track turnout section (2c) situated between the two upstream (2b) and downstream (2a) sections and on which the two vehicles (1) cross at half-distance from the end stations (3), characterised in that the length (1b) of the upstream section (2b) is greater than the length (1a) of the downstream section (2a) such that the vehicles (1) cross on an upstream part (7b) of the turnout section (2c). <IMAGE>