The invention relates to a plate link chain embodied as a conveyor chain, especially for apron conveyors, bucket conveyors or similar conveying means, comprising at least two parallel runs of chain (10) consisting of a sequence of inner plates (11) and outer plates (12), said inner plates (11) and/or outer plates (12) being provided with angular holders (17) for applying other components of the conveying means. The inventive plate link chain is characterised in that the inner plates (11) and/or the outer plates (12) of the plate link chain consist of at least two individual plates (15, 16), one of said individual plates (16) being provided with the angular holder (17).