A method for controlling a boarding into a rail vehicle, comprising: - providing a position information piece about the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138) of an entering rail vehicle, - providing a passenger distribution of the arriving rail vehicle having at least two passenger subareas (132, 134), - wherein at least one first passenger subarea is associated with the first rail vehicle door and at least one further passenger subarea is associated with the at least one further rail vehicle door, - determining, by an evaluation device, the respective door opening position (112, 114) of the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138) of the arriving rail vehicle at a platform based on the provided position information piece and an expected final stopping point of the arriving rail vehicle at the platform, - determining, by the evaluation device, a respective passenger distribution information piece (116, 118) about the number of passengers in the at least two passenger subareas (132, 134) for the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138), based on the provided passenger distribution, and - displaying, by a projection device (104, 106), the at least two door opening positions (112, 114) of the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138) of the arriving rail vehicle each together with the respective passenger distribution information piece (116, 118) on the platform, and - providing a distribution of passengers about the passengers present on the platform at the platform where the arriving rail vehicle will arrive, and - determining a path for the persons located on the platform to at least one door opening position (112, 114) based on the provided person distribution, the provided passenger distribution of the arriving rail vehicle, the position information piece (112, 114), and the expected final stopping point, and - displaying, by the projection device (104, 106), the determined path on the platform. - providing a position information piece about the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138) of an entering rail vehicle, - providing a passenger distribution of the arriving rail vehicle having at least two passenger subareas (132, 134), - wherein at least one first passenger subarea is associated with the first rail vehicle door and at least one further passenger subarea is associated with the at least one further rail vehicle door, - determining, by an evaluation device, the respective door opening position (112, 114) of the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138) of the arriving rail vehicle at a platform based on the provided position information piece and an expected final stopping point of the arriving rail vehicle at the platform, - determining, by the evaluation device, a respective passenger distribution information piece (116, 118) about the number of passengers in the at least two passenger subareas (132, 134) for the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138), based on the provided passenger distribution, and - displaying, by a projection device (104, 106), the at least two door opening positions (112, 114) of the at least two rail vehicle doors (136, 138) of the arriving rail vehicle each together with the respective passenger distribution information piece (116, 118) on the platform, and - providing a distribution of passengers about the passengers present on the platform at the platform where the arriving rail vehicle will arrive, and - determining a path for the persons located on the platform to at least one door opening position (112, 114) based on the provided person distribution, the provided passenger distribution of the arriving rail vehicle, the position information piece (112, 114), and the expected final stopping point, and - displaying, by the projection device (104, 106), the determined path on the platform.