The world’s longest hyperloop test has revealed what future high-speed travel could look like – but critics doubt the viability of hyperloop technology for mass use.
While the UK is lagging behind on the development of the high-speed railway after HS2 delays and changes, elsewhere in Europe the technology appears to go ahead leaps and bounds.
It might be difficult to stay optimistic about the future of the country’s railways – despite the recent government announcement to extend the HS2 from Old Oak Common to London Euston.
In Switzerland, engineers have now carried out a world record for the longest hyperloop trial and they say it could change the future of travel.
Swisspod completed the full-scale equivalent of an 88-mile journey at 303,3 mph at a test facility in the Alpine country.
At a reduced scale in the test environment, the capsule travelled at around 25 mph (40.7 km/h)
The Swisspod scientists …