Hyperloop Developer Reveals Superspeed System's Full-Scale U.S. Test Track

Hyperloop One’s Fast Track

PHOTO COURTESY HYPERLOOP ONE

Set to build, possibly by 2021, in the United Arab Emirates what would be the world’s first commercial superspeed transport system, U.S.-based Hyperloop One earlier this month revealed images of DevLoop, a full-scale, 500-meter test structure under construction near Las Vegas. Its 3.3-m-dia tubes are elevated by reinforced-concrete columns and pile foundations, the depth and size of which were not disclosed. The structure also includes an adjacent vacuum pump system to create the travel-cargo pods’ weightless environment. It will be publicly tested in several months, CEO Rob Lloyd told a Dubai rail conference. Dubai, which gave $50 million for DevLoop, is planning a 102-mile system to Abu Dhabi. Hyperloop One is linked with contractors Systra, AECOM, Parsons Corp., Arup and others.

John Guzzon is Editor of ENR Southwest.

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