Russian Railways set up a working group to launch the Hyperloop superfast train

^{Tests of the Hyperloop propulsion system manufactured by Hyperloop One, Nevada, May 11, 2016}



A week ago, California passed the first tests of the prototype Hyperloop transport capsules, which move on magnetic levitation through a tunnel in thin air at a speed of approximately 1100 km / h. The idea was proposed by Ilon Mask in August 2013, transferring the project to the public domain.



Railways closely watching the tests. Now the monopoly is seriously considering a project to build an ultrafast tunnel in Russia and set up a working group with Hyperloop One .



Commercial companies Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) and Hyperloop One (formerly Hyperloop Technologies) are competing in the US market, and now they are competing even in Russia. In January 2016, HTT Chief Executive Officer Bebop Gresta told RT in an interview that there was a private investor in Russia who was interested in the project of a supersonic capsular train. We are negotiating with him. “In Russia, long distances and high population density. This is the perfect place to build Hyperloop, ”he said.

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Competitors from Hyperloop One went even further and started working directly with Russian Railways. Russian Railways and the American company Hyperloop One a few months ago created a working group to discuss cooperation, said Ekaterina Grishkovets, a representative of the Summa group, whose venture capital fund Caspian VC invested in Hyperloop One. The representative of the fund is a member of the group.













^{Tests of the Hyperloop propulsion system manufactured by Hyperloop One, Nevada, May 11, 2016}



A working group in Russia is waiting for details from Hyperloop One on the results of tests in Nevada. “Now it seems fiction, and in a few years it will become a reality,” said a source close to Russian Railways. According to him, now Russian Railways will express its wishes for safety and decide on the construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg superfast tunnel by the end of the year. This is the only route in Russia where project implementation has a commercial meaning.