The transport of the future is called Hyperloop
In 2012, Elon Musk, the tycoon behind companies like Tesla Y SpaceX announced his intention to bring to reality the idea of transporting passengers and goods in vacuum tubes at high speed. His transport system, a kind of train of the future, will have the name of Hyperloop and will use electromagnetic levitation capsules that will move inside tubes where there will be hardly any air friction, which will allow them to travel at 700 kilometers per hour.
Although the first routes will probably be built in the United Arab Emirates (connecting Dubai with Abu Dhabi in just 12 minutes) and in the United States (where the company is already working on the creation of the first test track), **Hyperloop One has already unveiled nine possible routes in Europe** destined to totally transform travel into the continent.
These nine routes have been selected from more than 2,600 proposals since, according to the company, they are the most economically viable and the most technically feasible. “The proposed routes would reduce the times in the transport of both passengers and goods. in some of the busiest areas of the continent ”, they explain from Hyperloop.
The route between Madrid and Tangier is the only one that crosses the borders of Europe
THE SPANISH ROUTE
Spain is one of the countries that could see the arrival of this futuristic means of transport with a connection between Madrid and Tangier. This route would cover the 629 kilometers that separate the Spanish capital from the northern Moroccan city that during different conflicts of the 19th and 20th centuries acquired the fame of a city of spies. The total time of the journey would be 47 minutes, with a stop in Andalusia, specifically in Algeciras, five minutes before the end of the trip..
This connection is the only one that goes beyond the borders of the continent and would bring Morocco and Spain closer together, allowing more tourist trips to the neighboring country and also improving the connection between the south of our country and the capital. while going to Algeciras by car requires about six and a half hours of driving, with Hyperloop the trip to the city of Cadiz would only take 42 minutes.
THE EUROPEAN OPTIONS
the french island of corsica and the Italian sardinia They could also be connected thanks to Musk's transport covering a total of 450 kilometers in just 40 minutes and linking both countries through their islands, famous as vacation destinations . Thus, a tourist could be in Bastia, to the north of what is known as the island of beauty, and travel in less than an hour to Cagliari to visit the historic center of the capital of Sardinia.
To the north of the continent, and according to Musk's plans, Estonia and Finland will also shorten distances by linking Tallinn, the Estonian capital that is committed to new technologies, with Helsinki. The total time of the tour? Only 8 minutes to do the 90 kilometers (Baltic Sea in between) that separate both cities. This would be the shortest route of all those proposed, followed by the Polish route that would connect Warsaw with Wroclaw (European Capital of Culture in 2016) covering the 415 kilometers that separate them in just 37 minutes and connecting the center with the southwest of the Polish country.
The route in Germany will be circular
In its neighbor, Germany, the Hyperloop route would be the longest on the continent and would cover a total of 1,991 kilometers in 142 minutes. The route, circular, would unite Hamburg, the city of bridges, with Berlin, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Cologne , where I would stop. Therefore, it would also connect any of them with the others, shortening the distances in the Germanic territory.
In neighboring Holland, Hyperloop would also come full circle. In this case, Musk's trains of the future would unite Amsterdam, Lelystad, Den Bosch, Eindhoven and Rotterdam covering 428 kilometers in just 42 minutes . Less than an hour to travel across the country, facilitating with its strategic stops both the movement of goods and people.
SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom accumulates a total of three possible routes destined to change the transport in the islands. The first of them would link north and south, traveling a total of 666 kilometers in just 50 minutes.
The trip would start in Edinburgh (the capital of Scotland): the 330 kilometers that separate it from the English city of Manchester would take 24 minutes. The next stop would be birmingham , 143 kilometers and only 12 minutes later.
And the end of the line would be found in London : To reach the British capital, Hyperloop would cover the last 193 minutes in 14 minutes. Record times that would connect the two ends of the United Kingdom.
The North Arch would start its route in Glasgow
The second option proposed is that of the Arco Norte, which would cover a total of 545 kilometers in 47 minutes. This route across the north of the UK , and, as its curved name indicates, it would link the cities of Glasgow (the largest in Scotland), Edinburgh, Newcastle (already in England), Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool in less than an hour.
Finally, the last possible route is the one that would link Scotland with Wales , the most forgotten country in the United Kingdom. In this case, the route would begin in the city of Glasgow to finish, 1,060 kilometers and 89 minutes later, in Cardiff, the Welsh capital. Before that I would go through Edinburgh, Newcastle, Nottingham (where part of the literary adventures of Robin Hood take place), Cambridge, London, Oxford and Bristol . Nine cities in three countries.
If all these routes became a reality, Elon Musk's transport would connect a total of 44 cities and, according to his estimates, would bring 75 million people closer together, transforming tourism and even work in the countries where it was installed.
However, despite carrying out tests and the fact that the company trusts in the development of its technology, For the time being, this futuristic means of transport is still more of a wish than a reality. . We will have to wait to find out how much a ticket costs on this almost supersonic train that would make journeys a walk and connect cities in minutes.
An encapsulated journey with Hyperloop