A transfer vehicle might comprise separate boarding and disembarkation carriages which couple and de-couple with the mother vehicle without any passenger movement.

Seats within the separate carriages would move relative to one another in order to distribute the trains population in such a way that people are distributed according to their destination. This could be accomplished by a series of seating junction's through which both the internal carriages pass along the length of the train. The purpose of these junctions would be to siphon passengers into various positions in the train, which reflect the distance being traveled. Those undertaking longer journeys would be shunted further up the train from those soon to disembark. Conversely, people undertaking journeys of three or fewer stops would not need to leave the transfer vehicle.

An advantage of such a system is that passengers would not need to leave their seats throughout their journey.

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