TMI BlogHyperloop project being developed at IIT Madras will become world's longest: VaishnawX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Hyperloop project being developed at IIT Madras will become world's longest: Vaishnaw X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on Sunday. The Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Information Technology, who was on a short visit to the city, inspected the Hyperloop project at IIT Madras on March 15. He stated that the electronics component technology for the Hyperloop project would be developed at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. "Longest Hyperloop tube in Asia (410 meters)... soon to be the wor ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ld's longest @iitmadras," Vaishnaw said in a social media post on Sunday, sharing a video of his visit to the IIT Madras campus. Hyperloop is considered 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 over 1,000 km per hour. The entire testing system for Hyperloop transportati ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on has been developed using indigenous technologies, and India is expected to be ready for Hyperloop transportation soon, as tests conducted so far have yielded promising results, he said.
In May 2022, the Ministry of Railways approved an allocation of Rs 8.34 crore to IIT Madras to indigenously develop and validate the Hyperloop transportation system and its subsystems. PTI VIJ SSK VIJ SSK KH X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... > News - Press release - PIB ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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