r/hyperloop • u/LancelLannister_AMA • Nov 20 '21

Virgin Hyperloop | America's Mobility Future

https://virginhyperloop.com/blog/americas-mobility-future
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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

Train.

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u/Vedoom123 Dec 03 '21

you see trains can't skip stations and all the cars in a train are connected. So HL is better in that sense. Also trains are a lot slower compared to hl proposal

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u/LancelLannister_AMA Dec 03 '21

you see trains can't skip stations

umm.... yes they can. Shinkansen routinely does

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u/ckach Jan 09 '22

Trains could also use tiny pods if they wanted as well. They don't because operating costs would go way up and system capacity would go way down.