Hyperloop One announces the strongest Hyperloop routes in the world
Posted: 15 September 2017 | Global Railway Review | No comments yet
Hyperloop One has announced the winners of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge to identify the strongest new Hyperloop routes in the world.
Following an assessment of the proposals set by a panel of experts in infrastructure, technology and transportation, ten teams from five countries were chosen from hundreds of candidates. The company will now commit business and engineering resources and work with each of the winning teams/routes to determine their commercial viability.
“The Global Challenge became a movement of thousands of people from more than 100 countries over six continents,” Shervin Pishevar, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Hyperloop One. “Like us, they believe that Hyperloop will not only solve transportation and urban development challenges within communities, it will unlock vast economic potential and transform how our cities operate and how we live. Our successful test this summer made Hyperloop a reality, and now we’re ready to bring our Hyperloop system to the world.”
Hyperloop One will host in-country workshops with each team, and connect them with its global partner network to sharpen the feasibility and scope of the potential routes.
The winning routes connect 53 urban centres and nearly 150 million people representing Canada, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their combined distance spans 6,628 km (4,121 miles).
The winning routes are:
|
Route |
Length (km) |
Length (miles) |
Urban Centers |
Population |
|
US Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh |
785 |
488 |
3 |
13,800,000 |
|
US Dallas-Laredo-Houston Team: Texas Triangle |
1030 |
640 |
5 |
18,771,000 |
|
US Cheyenne-Denver-Pueblo Team: Rocky Mountain Hyperloop |
580 |
360 |
10 |
4,831,000 |
|
US Miami-Orlando Team: Miami/Orlando Hyperloop |
414 |
257 |
2 |
8,500,000 |
|
India Bengaluru-Chennai Team: AECOM India |
334 |
208 |
6 |
17,710,000 |
|
India Mumbai-Chennai Team: Hyperloop India |
1102 |
685 |
10 |
43,190,000 |
|
UK Edinburgh-London Team: HypED |
666 |
414 |
4 |
19,151,514 |
|
UK Glasgow-Liverpool Team: Northern Arc |
545 |
339 |
6 |
9,715,488 |
|
Mexico Mexico City-Guadalajara Team: Mexloop |
532 |
330 |
4 |
33,530,000 |
|
Canada Toronto-Montreal Team: HyperCan |
640 |
400 |
3 |
13,326,000 |
A further result of the Global Challenge is a public private partnership with Hyperloop One and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), with support from AECOM, to begin a feasibility study in Colorado. The study will examine transportation demand, economic benefits, proposed routes and potential strategies, regulatory environments and alignment with overall CDOT high-speed travel, rail and freight plans.
“We’re… excited about the partnership with CDOT and AECOM, which was a direct result of the Global Challenge and a testament to the power of open innovation,” added Rob Lloyd, CEO of Hyperloop One. “This is unprecedented and demonstrates how quickly the public-private sectors can partner to make Hyperloop systems a reality around the world. Studies like this bring us closer to our goal of implementing three full-scale systems operating by 2021.”
