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Due to the time taken to accelerate, connect and dis-engage a transfer vehicle from the Mother car, there would need to be a minimum distance [or time] bracket between Transfer vehicle connections. The shorter the engagement time, the greater the number of possible Transfer vehicle connections. To reduce distance a short acceleration slip beside the main route line, would permit a Transfer vehicle to build up momentum prior to joining the main line, and slip in close behind the Mother car as it passes.
For railways, this would entail the building of a parallel line for a few hundred meters alongside the main line. Fortunately in many cities there are sections of track with generous margins given to old telegraphs and disused rail related infrastructure which could be adapted for this purpose. As such lines could be built any where along the track, [not being tied down to be near urban nodes] this increases the chances of finding appropriate sites without compromising anyone. Furthermore rail lines used exclusively for Amotions would not require any station platforms so these could be adapted into acceleration lanes.
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