Technology is definitely moving at a super-fast pace and with every new introduction, the world is getting closer. Finally the “FUTURE” is here and it’s time to get out of those fictional books and films and experience everything in real.
We are talking about the new transportation technology Hyperloop, which is proposed, and will make traveling easier like never before. You can term it as “Super-fast transportation” in which you will travel in pod-like vehicles through vacuum tubes at a speed of 1200 km/hour; the magical thing is that the speed would be more than that of the Airlines. Elon Musk had proposed this technology and to support his dreams, a company named “Hyperloop One” was born in the US. It has proposed the whole route-plan and promises to change the transportation network all across the globe.
How much time do you spend while travelling from Chennai to Bengaluru? Even if you took a flight, it consumed around 1 hour and if you took the road, it took you 6 hours, isn’t it?
But now, with this newly proposed technology, it is possible to travel between Chennai and Bengaluru in just 30 minutes, can you believe it? The company earlier proposed a route between Dubai and Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes, and implementation would take around 4-5 years. This route of Chennai-Bengaluru is surely going to revamp the travelling experience. These are the 4 Indian routes as proposed in the plan;
Bengaluru – Thiruvanthipuram
Chennai-Bengaluru
Mumbai-Chennai
Mumbai-Delhi
Here’s the complete route-plan!
https://twitter.com/HyperloopOne/status/820012626524549120
As of now, the company has approached the government for permission; let’s see what the response is. However, this transportation system would bring in few problems and it’s not going to be that smooth. The cost of construction is around Rs 72 crore per kilometer of high-speed line, and as per this, the estimated cost per ticket to Bengaluru will be Rs 6,000, which is on the expensive side because a flight ticket is somewhere around Rs 1500-3000
Second issue is that for this kind of transportation, straight paths are needed, with no or minimal curves. So do you think it would work well in India? Many factors have to be taken into consideration, right from government approvals to infrastructure; only if everything is favorable, things can work out.
But if it starts in India, the face of the country would completely change.
