Swiss EuroTube to experiment with hyperloop tech for moving goods

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The EuroTube foundation, a Swiss non-profit research organisation for the development of vacuum transport technology, will launch two test tracks to apply hyperloop technology to the transportation of goods via rail. The two test tracks are named DemoTube and AlphaTube and will be located in Dubendorf and Collombey-Murazboth, Switzerland.

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Author: Marco Raimondi

Marco Raimondi is an editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

1 comment op “Swiss EuroTube to experiment with hyperloop tech for moving goods”

bönström bönström|20.10.22|12:37

In the mean time, however, nothing should prevent, for the now needed shift, at the “Old Railway”?
Simply by upgrading, with short notice, added capacity and utilisation of existing, all over, at infrastructure and assets, will be seen.
The obvious, shall not be disregarded?
(Defects, at wheels -and rail – are symptoms…
Electrification, optimal 100 years ago, no longer is, etc., etc.)
Already, current railway standards, are not optimal – and “investments”, now made – are “cementing”…

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Swiss EuroTube to experiment with hyperloop tech for moving goods

AlphaTube visualisation EuroTube

The EuroTube foundation, a Swiss non-profit research organisation for the development of vacuum transport technology, will launch two test tracks to apply hyperloop technology to the transportation of goods via rail. The two test tracks are named DemoTube and AlphaTube and will be located in Dubendorf and Collombey-Murazboth, Switzerland.

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Author: Marco Raimondi

Marco Raimondi is an editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

1 comment op “Swiss EuroTube to experiment with hyperloop tech for moving goods”

bönström bönström|20.10.22|12:37

In the mean time, however, nothing should prevent, for the now needed shift, at the “Old Railway”?
Simply by upgrading, with short notice, added capacity and utilisation of existing, all over, at infrastructure and assets, will be seen.
The obvious, shall not be disregarded?
(Defects, at wheels -and rail – are symptoms…
Electrification, optimal 100 years ago, no longer is, etc., etc.)
Already, current railway standards, are not optimal – and “investments”, now made – are “cementing”…

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