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Reminds me of this concept for boarding trains in China where the train wouldn't even need to stop at the stations: http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/20

• Xophmeister 11y ago
  I seem to remember seeing this idea before (even before the 2013 date of this article and not being designed by the Chinese). Regardless of that, it's a really good idea: As well as making boarding somewhat more efficient, it really helps with energy consumption as there's no waste from slowing down and accelerating, because the train just loops round a course at constant speed.