Abstract: The driving arrangement comprises a planetary gearing transmitting driving torque to the driven output member including a hub journalled in bearings in a support structure and a drum coupled therewith, adapted to take up the load of a moving object. The hub is enclosed within the drum, the hub and the drum being interconnected with aid of discs fixed to their respective end faces, the discs being likewise rigidly coupled with aid of intermediate elements extending between the planet pinions of the planetary gearing, perpendicularly to the plane of rotation thereof. The shafts of the planetary gearing are rigidly coupled with one of the said discs. The driving arrangement incorporates a braking system accommodated outside of the hub.