Article 6KN9D Europe’s longest hyperloop test track revives futuristic tube transport hype

Europe’s longest hyperloop test track revives futuristic tube transport hype

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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Operators hope newly opened Dutch track will help prove feasibility of high-speed shuttle system

The longest hyperloop test track in Europe has opened, raising faint hopes once more that the maglev meets vacuum tube transport technology could be the future.

Operators said the facility would help prove the hyperloop's feasibility, saying it could allow a 6,200-mile (10,000km) network of high-speed tubes to be in place around the continent by 2050.

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