Can These 820 Feet-Long Railless Trains Dethrone Air Travel?

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The new rail-less passenger system could give Elon Musk's Hyperloop a run for its money.

Perhaps the most notable feature about the novel trains is that it requires no tracks, instead, it floats in the air through a series of 59 feet high magnetized loops. The train uses these loops to propel itself at speeds of more than 500 miles per hour .

And as you might know, is roughly an airplane's average cruising speed which means that this train would offer the same speedy journeys.describes their invention as"a terrestrial yet rail-less passenger system connecting the most populous cities on the European, African and Asian continents." can be"powered by localized energy sources" and has in place a system to reduce the train's energy demands.

If it works, the system could be a good contender against Elon Musk's and Richard Branson's respective Hyperloop projects. So far, Musk's train system has"only"

 

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