Laboratory sample distribution system, comprising: - a number of sample container carriers, each being adapted to carry one or more sample containers and each comprising at least one magnetically active device, - a transport plane, being adapted to support the sample container carriers, - a number of electro-magnetic actuators (120, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164), being stationary arranged below the transport plane, the electro-magnetic actuators (120, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164) being adapted to move the sample container carriers on top of the transport plane by applying a magnetic drive force to the sample container carriers, and - a control device, - wherein the control device is configured to control the movement of the sample container carriers on top of the transport plane by driving the electro-magnetic actuators (120, 160, 164) such that the sample container carriers move along corresponding transport paths, wherein each of the transport paths ends on top of a corresponding end-point electro-magnetic actuator, and - wherein the control device is configured to drive the end-point electro-magnetic actuator such that the end-point electro-magnetic actuator applies a magnetic attractive centring force on the corresponding sample container carrier at the end of the corresponding transport path, characterized in that - the control device is configured to drive all electro-magnetic actuators (161, 162, 163, 164) situated adjacent to the end-point electro-magnetic actuator such that the electro-magnetic actuators (161, 162, 163, 164) situated adjacent to the end-point electro-magnetic actuator apply repulsive centring forces on the sample container carrier at the end of the corresponding transport path, and such that at the position of the end-point electro-magnetic actuator a sum of the magnetic repulsive centring forces in the transport plane is zero, wherein the magnetic attractive centring force and the magnetic repulsive centring forces are larger than the magnetic drive force. - a number of sample container carriers, each being adapted to carry one or more sample containers and each comprising at least one magnetically active device, - a transport plane, being adapted to support the sample container carriers, - a number of electro-magnetic actuators (120, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164), being stationary arranged below the transport plane, the electro-magnetic actuators (120, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164) being adapted to move the sample container carriers on top of the transport plane by applying a magnetic drive force to the sample container carriers, and - a control device, - wherein the control device is configured to control the movement of the sample container carriers on top of the transport plane by driving the electro-magnetic actuators (120, 160, 164) such that the sample container carriers move along corresponding transport paths, wherein each of the transport paths ends on top of a corresponding end-point electro-magnetic actuator, and - wherein the control device is configured to drive the end-point electro-magnetic actuator such that the end-point electro-magnetic actuator applies a magnetic attractive centring force on the corresponding sample container carrier at the end of the corresponding transport path, characterized in that - the control device is configured to drive all electro-magnetic actuators (161, 162, 163, 164) situated adjacent to the end-point electro-magnetic actuator such that the electro-magnetic actuators (161, 162, 163, 164) situated adjacent to the end-point electro-magnetic actuator apply repulsive centring forces on the sample container carrier at the end of the corresponding transport path, and such that at the position of the end-point electro-magnetic actuator a sum of the magnetic repulsive centring forces in the transport plane is zero, wherein the magnetic attractive centring force and the magnetic repulsive centring forces are larger than the magnetic drive force.