Faster than trains, safer than cars, and causes much less harm to the environment than airplanes, the Dutch province Noord-Holland believes that the Hyper-loop (Hyperloop) could become a reality in the near future.
According to the Guardian, today plans connecting Amsterdam to other European cities using futuristic high-speed vehicles with magnetic suspension in a vacuum tube, capable of moving at a speed more than 600 mph because of the lack of friction and resistance.
a study conducted by the Dutch technological start-up, Hardt Hyperloop, in cooperation with the province, found that the Hyper-loop can reduce the journey time from Amsterdam to Paris, Brussels, Dusseldorf or Frankfurt, from "hours to minutes".
the Researchers suggest that passengers entering the Hyper-loop in Amsterdam, to arrive in Brussels in less than 30 minutes, or get to Paris in 90 minutes, not three and a half hours.
While no one knows how the pandemic will affect coronavirus transnational project in a time when borders are closed and predicted a deep economic downturn.
in addition, the practicality of the Hyper loop has been questioned since then, as in 2013, entrepreneur Elon Musk has suggested that the aerodynamic containers can be the future high-speed travel for passengers and cargo, given the relatively low energy consumption.
questions were raised about its value and quality, while critics insist that the incremental changes in the current transport - the best choice than to invent a fifth way of moving. Australia is the last one who rejected the idea of a Hyper loop in favor of a proven and reliable high-speed Railways.
But Jeroen Olthof, Deputy responsible for mobility in North Holland, said he was impressed by the possibility of creating a "compact region" of the five European cities in which passengers can travel from door-to-door within the hour.
Economic modelling, published this week, suggests that this time savings will bring an additional 275 billion euros to the GDP of the province, equivalent to an increase of 121%.
Hardt Hyperloop, which was founded after the victory at the international competition hypercycles organized by the Musk in 2017, collaborating with other firms, including iron and steel company Tata Steel in the implementation of this project.
the First high-speed test facility is under construction in the Dutch province of Groningen with a three-kilometer test track, making it the first in Europe of its kind. 30-foot low-speed tunnel testing has already been built in Delft.
