Bharat’s first Hyperloop train test track completed by IIT Madras: Trains to operate in vacuum-like tubes | Watch video

In a major breakthrough in transport technology innovation in India, IIT Madras successfully developed a 410-metre long Hyperloop test track, updated Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnav on Thursday.

While sharing the video of the Hyperloop train test track on X, Union Minister Vaishnaw wrote, “Bharat’s first Hyperloop test track (410 meters) completed. Team Railways, IIT-Madras’ Avishkar Hyperloop team and TuTr (incubated startup).”

IIT Madras’s team and an incubated startup are working together to develop India’s first vacuum train.

IIT Madras’s Avishkar Hyperloop team and TuTr 

IIT-Madras’s team is working on the Avishkar project to design various phases of the Hyperloop train. The technology received a fresh impetus when tech billionaire Elon Musk announced new research into the technology in 2012. 

IIT Madras has been working on the foundation for a hyperloop technology in India. According to ETV Bharat, IIT Madras’s Chennai research team of Avishkar Hyperloop consists of at least 76 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

India’s first Hyperloop train project

Work is underway for the development of India’s first Hyperloop train set to operate between Mumbai and Pune. The railway project will cut short the distance between Mumbai and Pune to just 25 minutes, reported Financial Express. 

The Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop Project will cover the distance between two cities in 25 minutes. The ultra-modern transport plan is yet to be finished.

What is a Hyperloop?

A Hyperloop is a very high-speed transport system which will ensure the high-speed movement of a pod, which will be designed as a pressurised vehicle.

The pod will carry around 24-28 people at once. This pressurised vehicle will operate on a frictionless path at a very high speed. The system will provide passengers point-to-point access and allows them to directly reach the destination. The Hyperloop train doesn’t stop in between two destinations.