CASIC is the first Chinese enterprise to begin developing a hyperloop system capable of allowing trains to travel at 1,000 km/h or faster. Therefore, a train can only maintain ultrafast speeds by running within a partially elevated tube, he said. Zhao said any enterprise that is seriously considering investing in a hyperloop system will have to take a wealth of factors into consideration. “For example, the ultrafast speed would generate a lot of demands on the track and the material from which the maglev system is made. In addition, the cost of constructing and maintaining a long-distance, elevated tube would be extremely high,” he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 09, 2017 01:07 UTC