Europe’s longest hyperloop test track revives futuristic tube transport hype
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#6KN9D)
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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