Abstract: An oxygen container for a passenger transport vehicle with a compartment configured to hold at least one oxygen mask, a moving mount coupled to the compartment and configured to linearly or pivotally move the compartment from a stowed position to a release position, and a bottom lid hinged to the compartment and configured to move to an open position and releasing the at least one oxygen mask, when the compartment moves from the stowed position to the release position. Also provided are a monument and a passenger vehicle section, as well as an aircraft having such an oxygen container.