tech2 News Staff

Bibop Gabriele Gresta is the Chairman of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) and has told TOI in an interview that he has proposed a loop between Mumbai and Pune in a meeting with Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. HTT has proposed a feasibility study and is looking for a go ahead from the Transport Ministry. Gresta claims that both the prime minister and the transport minister are interested in the plans, and are exploring ways of plotting a countrywide Hyperloop network.

In November, when Hyperloop One presented plans for a loop between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, a teaser video for the unveiling had a Hyperloop network spreading across India, which could potentially transport a passenger from Mumbai to Pune in just under nine minutes, a route that could take up to twenty five minutes for the Hyperloop Transportation Technologies version of the track.

Hyperloop is a transportation system conceptualised by Elon Musk which involves capsules transporting humans and cargo in high speed pneumatic tubes. Elon Musk or SpaceX does not have a stake in any Hyperloop company, but only encourage and accelerate the adoption of the technologies. Companies in the process of deploying transportation networks on the Hyperloop concept include Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and Hyperloop One.