VACTRAIN (VACUUM TUBE TRAIN)

Imagine a world where you can reach New York from London in just less than an hour. Yes the research has crossed the limit of speed and velocity to an ultimate level, which is just beyond your thinking.

That vision could become reality with Vac Train or so called Vacuum Tube Train, a futuristic train system capable of traveling 5,000 mph (6.5 times the speed of sound). To attain such unbelievable speeds, Vac Train builds on the revolutionary magnetic levitation system already used successfully in Asia and other locations by placing the entire train in a vacuum-sealed tube. Not only does such a system effectively eliminate friction and wind resistance (permitting extremely high speeds), but it does so in a manner which requires very little energy.

SIMPLY IMAGINE A TRAIN TRAVELLING FASTER THAN MACH 1 (AT SEA LEVEL) WITHOUT NOISE.

The train travelling at a speed up to 4000–5000 mph (6400–8000 km/h), faster than any commercial plane listing its title as the world fastest public transport. Theoretically, Vac train tunnels could be built deep enough to pass under oceans, thus permitting very rapid intercontinental travel. Vac trains could also use gravity to assist their acceleration. Also supersonic travel requires a large increase in propulsive power as one enters the near-sonic region. Again with reduced air pressure the speed of the onset of this effect will also increase, allowing faster speeds with lower energy requirements.

Due to booming blowout of the science and cutting edge technology, advancement in tunneling technology has been visualized to make such ultimate dream project come true. The "Trans Atlantic Tunnel" is one of such theoretical project has been undertaken for the building of such Vacuum based tunnel, which could facilitate such super-sonic speed transport system by next decade.

China is in the process of moving a scaled down version of Vac Train from conceptual design into reality. Southwest Jotting University in China has developed a prototype Maglev train system which would operate in low pressure underground tubes and would be capable of traveling up to 600 mph (3 times faster than current Maglev trains).



For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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