Hyperloop

Virgin Hyperloop One

Mumbai

Off lately there have been developments on the Mumbai-Punefront and several works for the same will begin shortly. Apart from the state government and, students and professors from IIT-Bombay will volunteer to help in the project.The Hyperloop, when it becomes operational, will carry passengers in pods which will be suspended on the overland tubes. Compared to the local train or the metros, the air pressure inside the tube will be just 9 per cent of the normal sea-level pressure and will carry passengers between the two cities in 25 minutes.The tubes in the Hyperloop will rest on quake resistant pylons and will be ideal for high traffic inter-city transport of up to 1,500 km.According to the state government authorities who are currently working on this project , the work will likely begin by the end of 2019 and Virgin Hyperloop One’s Indian route will link NaviInternational Airport in Mumbai to the city of Pune which is expected to benefit the combined population of 26 million of both the cities.A senior official working with Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority told Mirror, “This project, when completed will be the most efficient mode of commuting which will possess several salient features. In the first phase, Virgin Hyperloop One will set up a 15km demo track, parallel to the Mumbai-Pune expressway which stretch from Kiwale to Urse. The work will likely begin in November of December this year and will progress rapidly from thereafter.”The Hyperloop pods will work in a way where they are pulled along through air suspension and will have solar panel on top of the tube to generate power. The Hyperloop One will make over 50 rides per day and each pod will carry 28 passengers to leave from one junction at an interval of every two minutes.