Toronto to Montreal picked as finalist for world's first hyperloop train route

Toronto to Montreal picked as finalist for world’s first hyperloop train route

Toronto to Montreal has been chosen by Hyperloop One in its top 10 choices to build the first hyperloop high-speed travel system in the world.

This project was proposed by the Canadian branch of the American engineering giant, AECOM. It would ‘’create a Canadian mega-region a quarter as much as the country’s population’’ says Hyperloop One.

They also announced the nine other candidates. USA: Chicago to Columbus to Pittsburgh (785 km), Dallas to Laredo to Houston (1030 km), Cheyenne to Denver to Pueblo (580 km), Miami to Orlando (414 km) India: Bengaluru to Chennai (334 km), Mumbai to Chennai (1102 km) UK, Edinburgh to London (666 km), Glasgow to Liverpool (545 km) Mexico, Mexico City to Guadalajara (532 km)

The Hyperloop’s system, created by the Canadian-American inventor and businessman Elon Musk, who is also the founder of Tesla, Paypal and Space X, works by loading passengers and cargo into a pod and accelerating gradually via electric propulsion through a low-pressure tube. The pod then lifts above the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airlines speeds for long distance due to the ultra-low aerodynamic drag.