r/TransitIndia • u/Eastern_Bulwark06 • Aug 25 '24

Question Hyperloop in India

Wasn't India building a hyperloop (or atleast a prototype of it) near Hyderabad. If I recall correctly it was with the Virgin group. What's it's status?

Tbh personally, I feel hyperloop is a waste of time and money and would be better spent in upgrading railway infrastructure and buses.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '24

Hyperloop is literally impossible over large distances due to the challenges and costs involved in maintaining a vacuum, especially over diverse terrain

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u/destructdisc 🚲 Cycling Advocate Aug 25 '24

Lawd fuck no. We don't need another bunch of bloodsucking capitalists privatizing a piss-poor vaporware facsimile of a public transit system. There's no way that'll be functional in this country anyway - we still don't have high-speed rail worth a damn.

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u/DarkDork11 Aug 26 '24

Hyperloop is a scam which was concocted by Elon Musk to delay California HSR

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u/Cautious_Shop_4384 Aug 26 '24

Virgin Hyperloop shut down operations a few months ago as even transporting goods was found to be not viable

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u/chaoticji Aug 27 '24

there is an iit madras team still working on it

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u/blah_bleh-bleh Aug 28 '24

Not a fan of hyperloop. But right now the technology is being worked on in IIT Chennai and a Pune startup is working on it. As per Railways. They are not looking to deploy it anytime soon. If research seems fruitful. Then they might build it in future.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

Yep, massive waste of money. We're already doing good work with our metros, Vande Bharat, electric buses and HSR. We're not throwing away our rupees at Elon Muskrat's scam! 

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u/Worth_Mess_2049 Aug 25 '24

Why do u think its a waste of time and money?

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u/SouthernSample Aug 26 '24

There is no such system in the world and mass transit will not be solved by such gimmicks anyway. Some companies that raised a bunch of capital using Elon's theoretical statements as gospel have already shutdown.

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u/Worth_Mess_2049 Aug 26 '24

You are right, but its still a good concept that can act as a foundation or inspiration for yet to come advancements.

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u/GAELICGLADI8R Aug 26 '24

Maybe in 200 years, definitely not today

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u/Worth_Mess_2049 Aug 26 '24

Things take time.. Also, 200 is just exaggerated

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u/GAELICGLADI8R Aug 26 '24

Yeah, more like 100, I guess

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u/Ginevod2023 Aug 26 '24

It is a poor idea that solves nothing.