India’s first hyperloop test track

IIT Madras’ Avishkar Hyperloop team, with support from Ministry of Railways, develops India’s first hyperloop test track The 422-m track allows a high-speed train to travel in a near-vacuum tube

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About 350 km can be covered in just 30 minutes, eg Delhi to Jaipur Railways will start first commercial project when the tech is thoroughly tested: said Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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IITM has been given a grant of $2 million and another $1 million is on the anvil for the project

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The ‘fifth mode of transport’ is engineered to be the fastest mode of surface transportation Involves electromagnetically levitating pod within a vacuum tube

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Passenger pods move through low-pressure tubes at speeds reaching up to 1,000 km per hour Will be immune to weather, and offer collision-free commute

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High construction costs — vacuum-sealed tube network, specialised pods, sophisticated control systems need huge investment Complex land acquisition No regulatory frameworks

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Was backed by Virgin founder Richard Branson Shuts as it couldn’t secure contracts Built world’s first high-speed levitating pod system in 2020

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Maharashtra had considered Hyperloop One for a Mumbai-Pune project

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk had first proposed the idea of Hyperloop in 2013 through a whitepaper ‘Hyperloop Alpha’

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