Metro Rail News November 2017

Space X has held initial design competitions for
teams to build and test pods which could be used on
the Hyperloop. Running since 2015, there have been
more than 1,000 team entries to the competition to
work on system, including a team from the
University of Edinburgh which has reached the finals,
to be held in August.
Since the launch of the competition, companies have
joined the race to develop the technology. The main
runners include Hyperloop Transportation
Technologies and Hyperloop One.
Other proposed routes include a Hyperloop that
would cut the time from London to Edinburgh
to 50 minutes, while other speculated routes
include several US Hyperloops and an Indian
track.
Some other proposed routes are:
Hyperloop One
• Estonia-Finland, 56 miles
• Vienna-Budapest, 150 miles
Where will the first tracks be built?
There are tests already underway in Nevada from
Hyperloop One, which built a 500m test track to
launch its first pod. But the first Hyperloop may not
be built in the US, as initial routes first suggested by
Musk from Los Angeles to San Francisco have failed
to take off.
Much of the demand for Hyperloop development
and testing has come from outside of the US. The
Netherlands and Finland in Europe have expressed
interest as becoming the next locations for testing
tracks by Hyperloop One. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are
also in the mix, as Dubai's DP World group is a major
investor in the technology.
• The Netherlands, 266 miles
• Corsica-Sardinia, 280 miles
• Helsinki-Stockholm, 300 miles
• Liverpool-Glasgow, 339 miles
• Spain-Morocco, 391 miles
• London-Edinburgh, 414 miles
• Poland, 415 miles
• Cardiff-Glasgow, 657 miles
• Germany round trip, 1,237 miles
• Five proposed routes in India
• 11 other proposed routes in the US
Hyperloop Transport Technologies
• Brno-Bratislava, 80 miles
• Abu Dhabi-Al Ain, 107 miles
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