Vacuum volume reduction system for a vacuum tube vehicle station

A vacuum volume reduction system for use with a vacuum transport tube vehicle, the vacuum volume reduction system comprising:

• a modular station vacuum tube disposed in an interior of a station wall of a vacuum tube vehicle station, the modular station vacuum tube having a tube volume;
• a volume reduction assembly coupled to one of, the modular station vacuum tube, and the interior of the station wall, to reduce a volume to be evacuated in the vacuum tube vehicle station;
• a control system coupled between the modular station vacuum tube and the volume reduction assembly, the control system controlling movement of the volume reduction assembly;
• an air supply assembly coupled to the station wall, and supplying air to a door cavity positioned between each of one or more vehicle doors of the vacuum transport tube vehicle and each of one or more curved station doors;
• and
• a vent-to-vacuum assembly coupled to the station wall, to evacuate the air from the door cavity,
• wherein the vacuum volume reduction system movement displaces the tube volume between the station wall and a vehicle outer surface of the vacuum transport tube vehicle, and in turn, reduces the volume to be evacuated at the vacuum tube vehicle station, and
• further wherein the vacuum volume reduction system minimizes leakage of air from a surrounding ambient atmosphere into the modular station vacuum tube.