Punjab mulling Hyperloop link

Punjab Economy

The Punjab Government is exploring the feasibility of connecting major towns in the state through Hyperloop, a futuristic transport system in which passenger pods zip through vacuum tubes at high speeds.
The state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One to conduct a pre-feasibility economic study for Hyperloop on the Amritsar-Ludhiana-Chandigarh route.
A hyperloop transportation project along the Amritsar-Ludhiana-Chandigarh corridor could reduce travel time from five hours by road to less than 30 minutes.
Under the system, passenger pods will use electric propulsion and electromagnetic levitation under vaccum conditions.
Punjab is very keen to be the second state in India after Maharashtra to build a Hyperloop system.
The Hyperloop project pre-feasibility study will be completed within six weeks. It will evaluate several measures, such as cost, demand, and socio-economic benefits of the corridor.