Abstract: The invention concerns a compact drive device, especially for the translation of elevator booth doors, the speed reducer and motor unit used and the support lintel for the doors of the equipped elevator booth. The compact drive device of elevator booth doors, of the type with translation of the doors (1) with the aid of a belt (3) driven in the doors upper support lintel (5) joined to said doors (1), is characterised in that it includes a flat d.c. electric motor (19) associated with a speed reducer placed adjacent to the motor (19), and a drive pulley (7) of relatively large diameter and adapted to cover at least one portion of the width of the reducer so as to reduce the width of the unit constituted by the back-geared motor (19) and the pulley (7), this back-geared motor (19) and pulley (7) unit being fixed to said upper lintel (5) inside the latter.