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Virgin Hyperloop One is Coming To India (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

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.

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  1. In India? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How are they going to have all those people hanging off the outside of the train in the vacuum?

  2. Re:I'm glad... by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All progress involves some failures. America used to accept failures. Today we avoid progress.

  3. Re:I'm glad... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    America used to accept failures.

    Why does everything have to be about Trump with you libs?

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  4. buy a TGV from the French by bugs2squash · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.

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