![]() A prototype of a hyperloop may soon see construction in Pueblo, Colorado. The company Swisspod Technologies, which is based in Monthey, Switzerland, has entered into an agreement with the Transportation Technology Center of Pueblo to build a version of the high-speed transportation system. Designed to carry both passengers and freight, hyperloops feature pods inside low-pressure tubes running on their own track systems that can reach speeds of up to 900 miles per hour. For years transportation experts have been touting the advantages of hyperloops, noting that they could reduce normal highway traffic, while getting people from one place to another at a breakneck speed: a journey from Denver to Albuquerque, for example, would take around an hour. The new hyperloop operational test track will be built inside the nearly 23,000-acre PuebloPlex campus in Pueblo, site of a former U.S. Army Depot. The Transportation Technology Center is a part of the Association of American Railroads, providing industry testing and research. In a press release, Swisspod said construction of the new Pueblo prototype will advance a “unique propulsion system and build a full-scale capsule and operational infrastructure for cargo transportation” in collaboration with the Transportation Technology Center. Earlier this summer Swisspod unveiled a circular hyperloop testing track in Lausanne, Switzerland, measuring around 400 feet in length and said to be the first such testing track of its kind in Europe. By Garry Boulard
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