Zaragoza will be the test bed for what is intended to be a revolution in European transport. HyperLoop, the ‘bullet train’ its owner was dreamed up by tech tycoon Elon Musk. tesla Y Space X, It would connect European cities such as Rotterdam, Berlin or Munich to Aragon with a vehicle whose average speed fluctuated. between 700 and 1,000 kilometers per hour.
The capital of Aragon will be one central nodes of this new network, because lines to different European cities will depart from the future station that Zaragoza wants to host. for now there are only ten cities involved in this projectIt will not release polluting gases into the atmosphere, it will be safer when circulating in a closed circuit, and it will connect the city of Ebro with a radius of 300 kilometers in 30 minutes.
However, the project is currently a thick hit, a floating idea to achieve an ecological transition in the world of logistics transportation. This Monday, Zaragoza hosted a conference in the context of European Mobility Week, and its mayor, Jorge Azcón, said:this European dream to transform mobility” “In 10 or 15 years” may be true. He didn’t deny that it might sound “science fiction,” and currently it is nothing more than a test bench. Nor do they dare to indicate where the stop can be found or where these tests can be done from a first microbe and consortium that they currently have. “Not for space”, Azcón commented, although he mentioned Zaragoza airport as an example of many possibilities.
Hyperloop works through capsules that pass through underground tubes with low air pressure. This provides less friction with the surface and therefore less resistance to the wind. And Zaragoza wants to take advantage of its potential to strengthen itself as one of the logistics strongholds in southern Europe.
The work of the project is led from the Netherlands, where the European Hyperloop Center is located. The leader of this operations center, Stan of Caluwe, visited Zaragoza City Hall to present his idea to the media. “There is a lot going on in the city of Zaragoza to make transportation more sustainable. but there is a missing piece in the puzzle: go further. And with Hyperloop, we think we found that part, because we can replace a part. replace a large part of continental air traffic, both passenger and freight, with another sustainable model.e” noted De Caluwe.
According to the project leader, this is a project that will base its success on public-private cooperation with direct investments from the European Commission. Dutch Government and companies like Hardt Hyperloop. De Caluwe confirmed it was a European project, but Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agendathe highest official in the country in the region where this ‘bullet train’ plans to operate, He knows very little about the subject.
In any case, this complex ultra-fast transport system sounds like an idyll. hyperloop will triple the speed of the current High-speed trains with lower energy consumption (up to 10 times less, Azcón said) and elimination of emissions to the atmosphere. As such, Zaragoza has been chosen as one of 100 climate neutral cities that should set an example for other municipalities, so it is part of the strategy to combat climate change with the mandate of the European Commission to achieve emissions neutrality by 2030. To meet this challenge successfully.