Hyperloop In India

Hyperloop electronics tech to be built at ICF Chennai, announces Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday announced that an electronics component technology for the ambitious Hyperloop project, developed by IIT-Madras, will be built at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai. After his visit to the Hyperloop testing facility at IIT Madras' Thaiyur campus, Vaishnaw, who holds the portfolios for Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology, said the 410-meter-long Hyperloop test tube is the longest of its kind in Asia. The entire Hyperloop testing system has been developed using indigenous technologies, with encouraging results from the tests conducted so far. India is on the brink of introducing Hyperloop transportation, he added. Tutr Hyperloop, a deep-tech startup incubated at IIT Madras, is preparing to launch the world's first commercial Hyperloop project in India, aligned with the Centre's Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat 2047 goals. Vaishnaw congratulated the project team and said the Ministry of Railways

IIT Madras to host Asia's first global hyperloop competition from Feb 21-25

As many as Ten Hyperloop teams comprising 200 students are competing in Asia's first Global Hyperloop Competition (GHC) 2025 being organised by the IIT Madras, according to officials. The event from Feb 21-25 will also host 150 industry delegates from across the world, representing the mobility, research and hyperloop sectors. The competition is being held at "Discovery", Indian Institute of Technology Madras' Satellite Campus located in Thaiyur, about 36 km from the main campus. GHC 2025 is set to position India at the heart of hyperloop innovation. It is aimed at uniting global talent, industry leaders, and researchers, fostering collaboration, innovation, and real-world implementation of hyperloop technology, officials said. Hyperloop is the fifth mode of transportation, a high-speed train that travels in a near-vacuum tube. The reduced air resistance allows the capsule inside the tube to reach speeds of more than 1000 km/h. Elon Musk, who heads SpaceX and Tesla, proposed the id

Mumbai to Pune in 25 mins? IIT Madras tests India's first Hyperloop track

The announcement was made by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday, who shared the news on social media along with a video showcasing the newly built track

Swisspod, TuTr Hyperloop to work for hyperloop tech deployment in India

Swiss transportation technology company Swisspod and TuTr Hyperloop will collaborate to establish a robust framework for cooperation in the development and deployment of hyperloop technology within India. TuTr Hyperloop is a deep tech incubated startup at IIT Madras. It designs and develops ultra-high-speed ground transportation systems, among others. Both companies together with the governments of Switzerland and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), a release said on Friday. Jointly, Swisspod and TuTr Hyperloop will spearhead the design and funding of a testing centre in India that will serve as a hub for refining hyperloop technology, facilitating various experiments and validating its feasibility in real-world conditions. The two companies will pool their expertise and resources to accelerate research, testing, and innovation in the field, ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable progression of hyperloop systems. They also plan to "explore and assess potential ..

India unlikely to have hyperloop trains in future: NITI Aayog's Saraswat

India is unlikely to go in for hyperloop technology for ultra high-speed trains in the near future as the technology is at a 'very low level' of maturity and may not be economically viable at the current juncture, NITI Aayog Member V K Saraswat said on Sunday. Saraswat, who is heading a committee to explore the technological and commercial viability of the Virgin Hyperloop technology, further said some foreign companies have shown interest to bring the technology in India. "Hyperloop technology as far as we are concerned, we found that the offer which came from foreign countries are not very viable options. They are at a very low level of maturity of technology," he told PTI in an interview. Hyperloop is a high-speed train, running in vacuum in a tube. The technology is proposed Elon Musk, who is behind electric car company Tesla and commercial space transport company SpaceX. "So we have not given much importance to that and as on today, it is only a study programme. I don't expect

IIT Madras testing plan for hyperloop parallel to Chennai-Bengaluru route

IIT Madras has demonstrated contactless propulsion and braking for the project, and will be ready technology-wise by July 2023

Some foreign cos keen to bring hyoerloop tech to India: NITI Aayog member

Some foreign companies have shown interest to bring hyperloop technology for ultra-high-speed travel in India, but discussions are at a very early stage, Niti Aayog Member VK Saraswat said on Friday. Saraswat, who is heading a committee to explore the technological and commercial viability of the Virgin hyperloop technology, said the committee has prepared a preliminary report. "We have also interacted with some of the companies which are foreign companies, which are already developing this (hyperloop) technology. "They have shown some interest in bringing this technology (to India). The discussion is in a very early stage," he told PTI. Hyperloop is a high-speed train, running in vacuum in a tube. The technology proposed by inventor and businessman Elon Musk, who is behind the electric car company Tesla and the commercial space transport company SpaceX. The Virgin Hyperloop test run was conducted on November 9, 2020, on a 500-metre track in Las Vegas in the US with a pod, as the

Explained: How to get humans to travel through near-vacuum tubes

Vacuums are expensive to create and maintain, especially over large distances. The hyperloop path is ideally not loopy. It should be a straight line, with few inclines

Richard Branson to meet Maharashtra CM over Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop project

The Fadnavis government had accorded infrastructure status to the Mumbai-Pune hyperloop project that seeks to reduce the travel time between the two cities to just 23 minutes.

Maha govt accords infrastructure status to Mumbai-Pune hyperloop project

Hyperloop is a ultramodern, superfast transport project which is being implemented to link Mumbai and Pune, which are located around 200km apart

From Andhra to Goa: States explore Hyperloop as cheaper alternative to HSR

California-based HTT said it is discussing building hyperloop cubes and capsules in India with 11 partners