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Out-of-vehicle times tend to be perceived as being more burdensome than in-vehicle timeby transit users when making transfers.Empirical evidence has shown that a large portion ofpublic transport journeys involves at least one transfer and this experience affects travelerssatisfaction with public transport service.Increase in trip chaining complexity has beenidentified as a barrier to the use of public transport.Due to the dispersed nature of originsand destinations, public transport operators are unable to provide direct connections for allorigin-destinations pairs.Given the importance of out-vehicle times on travel choices,intermodal connectivity at transfer facilities is a critical part of the overall transportation network effectiveness.Despite their importance, transfers have been long overlooked bydecision-makers, transport planners, and analysts.This is due to 1) not enough attention hasbeen given to the effects of out-of—vehicle travel on ridership, 2) it is difficult tocomprehensively analyse transfer facilities using uniform criteria due to a large variation insize, modes served, location, and amenities of transfer facilities and 3) analysis methods are too primitive. This study has two main objectives.The first objective is to analyse the various elements of transfer that matter most to passengers.The second objective is to determine theinfluence of out-of-vehicle provisions offered by public transit operators, on transit usersperception of trip attributes related to transfers.A user stated preference survey wasconducted at Dalian high speed rail and the data was modelled using discrete choicemodelling.The study evaluated different transfer experience and its associated components(e.g transfer walking and waiting times) and physical characteristics.The trip component heavily penalised were waiting time at the station and the lift.Transfer facilities thatintegrate various transportation modes in one location encourage people to use publictransport by reducing the burdens of transfers. Key words: Transfer; Public transport; Travel behaviour; Dalian high speed rail station