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Virgin Hyperloop One is Coming To India (cnet.com)
Hyperloop is coming to India. From a report: The western-central Indian state of Maharashta plans to build a Virgin Hyperloop track between Pune and Mumbai, British entrepreneur and Virgin boss Richard Branson announced on Monday in a blog post. Virgin Hyperloop One will start by building a demo track, with the aim of eventually supporting 150 million passenger trips per year. It should reduce the 2.5-hour car journey or 3-hour train journey between the two cities to just 25 minutes, and will also stop off at Mumbai airport.
Your mom just started taking bitcoin.
But she's a whore, so...
...that the first catastrophic failure will happen somewhere else
How are they going to have all those people hanging off the outside of the train in the vacuum?
Vacuous tube of vaporware suggestions, check...
And Virgin trains. Branson is great at bullshit, hype and deal-making. Large engineering projects ... not so much.
Whores are paid, his mom does it for free.
IT, up the ass.
How are people going to breath in vacuum? http://www.nationalturk.com/en...
Branson, eh?
How's Virgin Galactic coming along?
All progress involves some failures. America used to accept failures. Today we avoid progress.
Whatever Wang Chung. You need to get out of Silly Valley and away from the buffoons that took the place over because you're turning into one of them.
Will the hyperloop support overloading people on the roofs like it is done now?
Was it your mother then? I know I sent somebody a bitcoin and ended up losing my boner.
So,..no sitting on top of the train, or hanging out the doorway?
One of the problems with infrastructure development in India is that your planned capacity will always be exceeded due to population growth.
Hyperloop has an estimated capacity of 840 passengers/hour
http://www.uschyperloop.com/hyperloop/
Mumbai's suburban rail currently carries 4500 passengers/hour peak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_Railway
I'll wait for the Chad Hyperloop instead.
Regardless of what the hyperloop website says, if you look at the actual press release whatever they are doing claims to support 150 million passengers a year, way more than 840 per hour.
Obviously capacity may be increased by larger cars, a larger tunnel, or simply more tunnels and cars running simultaneously (more likely).
Just like when building websites for the web you want to make sure you are building "webscale", when building transportation in India you want to make sure you are building it "India-scale". :--)
Also of course, the system is not meant to replace the train but add another option. The train will keep running, it will just be easier to move between cities for those that can afford it. That will probably boost the economy quite a bit...
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Doesn't that mean Hyperloop One is no longer a virgin? Damn headline writers.
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'cause that'd already be pretty high tech in India where a coffee can in the front yard is their current waste treatment plan.
Every video of trains from India, has almost as many people ON TOP of the train cars, that ride in them, not to mention the ones that get BBQ'd. ;)
Several places are "planning" to build a hyperloop.
Let me know when someplace actually breaks ground for one.
Mumbai and Pune are 161km apart. A regular euro style high speed train could make it in half an hour.
It would mean upgrading the track, adding electrification and controlling how the track is accessed / crossed, but it seems cheaper than building and maintaining an evacuated tube and the regular train could carry far more people and goods.
Nullius in verba
PopeRatzo did all that? Wow, I wonder how he has time to hang around Slashdot.
"Literally".
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To be fair, Literally (1c) doesn't have to be literal any more.
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You are welcome on my lawn.
So, he's the better-looking version of Trump?
How will a high speed Vindaloop traveling through a tight tunnel Curry favor among riders that prefer sitting on the outside of the rail cars? Let's face it, India has a big population with transportation challenges. In dense urban areas, people can practice Pakora, running obstacle course style through the crowds, but that only gets you so far. Elsewhere in the world, small buses and shared taxis known as jitneys can transport small groups, but the Indian version, Chutney's, can hardly keep pace with the large traveling public. Conventional overland rail companies like the Mumbai & Western, and the Chapati & Papadum are already overcrowded and far too slow, not to mention safety issues of a ridership that prefers rooftop seating. The Vindaloop is a beguiling technology, but will it be accepted by those who prefer having their Kofta's squeezed out the window on every ride? The proposed trains will sport beige colors, because dark colors will absorb more light, and the coefficient of expansion might swell them too large to fit the fine tolerance tunnels, and when those Tan Doors close, the people best be all on the inside. Our reporter, Sam Osa, spoke with locals who expressed their concerns. One mother, Ma Sala, told us she feared for her boys who ride the train. "Things will get too crowded inside, but with no leg room outside, then what?" Naan of that matters of course if it proves safe. One can only hope that the J.D. Powers Raitas will be high enough to attract ridership.
Isn't that a bit nitty, Jim?
....then you can't open a window.
Imagine the stench in the train from 840 smelly Idian passengers/hr shitting in the aisle !
As a regular (although reluctant) visitor to Mumbai every year (business) I can only attest to the unimaginable filth that assaults ones senses constantly in India.
I am reminded of that awful stench-bomb developed by the Israelis for urban pacification. Think the foulest possible odour imaginable, in a grenade/gas cannister type scenario. Supposedly the foul smell emitted can drop a healthy man like a stunned cow in seconds.
Indian police bought some and tried them out on a bunch of protesting/rioting rabble in the streets.
Turns out Indians are immune.
They already deal with such smells every day out in the streets.
Can you imagine !?!?!?!?!?!??!!!!!>........... *retch*
What percentage of the comments is not racist or ignoramus flavored?
still no working prototype
A transport system that the rich can use to get around really fast in their cars without being troubled by the outside world.
Why are they investing in building these things when their feasibility has yet to be demonstarted. Not to mention the safety and security issues that its proponents haven't even acknowledged.
Just look at the SLS!
DHS.
TSA.
NSA.
FBI. :)
Gay, apparently all those acronyms fail the lameness filter as 'yelling'.
Wish it could tell the difference between TLAs and actual all caps yelling.