A vehicle that “I almost flew”. This is how they refer to the latest high-speed train that was successfully tested by a group of scientists from the University of North China. They claim that you will be able to achieve speed of 1000 kilometers per hour, a quality that would make it the fastest train in the world. This is possible, because it uses a technology similar to Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s bullet train.

This, unlike traditional trains, does not run on rails, they stay suspended in the air thanks to strong magnets. Therefore, the circuits should be different: they move through the tube almost under vacuum. And it’s thanks to this two mechanisms that the vehicle can take so much speed: thanks to magnets, it avoids frictional resistance and, with vacuum tubes, they eliminate air resistance.

Experts have been testing their designs for over two kilometers, where the train has managed to reach 130 kilometers per hour Dan’s speed, as Chinese media have announced, they have planned the following test: it will be a 60 kilometer long circuit where they hope to test it. maximum potential of the train in terms of speed, 1,000 kilometers per hour.

This new project is part of modernization from China want to implement a high-speed rail network. In the past ten years, Xi Jingping negara country have doubled it: has changed from 10,000 kilometers to 40,000.

18th century technology

There are other trains with similar characteristics to those tested in China. For example he Elon Musk’s bullet train. This is the Hyperloop, whose design also includes magnetic levitation and the vacuum tube it travels through capsules with travelers or goods to be transported. For this design, there are already ongoing projects that aim to unite several European cities, such as Berlin, Rotterdam and Munich, among others, with Zaragoza.

This mechanism, however, they are not so modern. The first hyperloop was built in 1799 and they started it from 1870. That was done by the then mayor of New York, who wanted to offer his citizens the possibility of crossing Manhattan in half an hour. But the lack of financing can be with the project.

Later, the UK used magnetic levitation vehicles to shuttle Birmingham airport. from 1984 to 1995. Years later, in Shanghai another similar one was installed, connecting the city center with the airport. However, both projects have drawbacks, What happens because of the economic loss they generate?. The reason why the UK decided to close them down.