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Abstract

A cableway having at least one cableway station and having at least one cableway vehicle movable between cableway stations with a hauling cable, wherein a control unit is provided for controlling the cableway, the cableway including a limiting device configured adjacent an entry region of the cableway station and operable to limit a lateral pendulum movement of the cableway vehicle as the cableway vehicle enters the cableway station; at least one movable detection element adjacent the cableway station; a detection unit associated with the at least one movable detection element and configured to detect a measured variable associated with a deflection of the detection element and transmit a corresponding signal to the control unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to receive the corresponding signal and control the cableway as a function of the detected measured variable. An associated method for operating a cableway is also described.

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