(27/02/2019) 

The Observatory’s main objective is to analyse how the Spanish railway ecosystem can boost the implementation and development of Hyperloop, defined by its advocates as the “fifth mode of transport”. This system consists of a depressurized tube as a guide that would allow the transport of small capsules with magnetic levitation driven by a linear electric motor.

The Observatory intends to promote the capabilities of the Spanish railway sector, identify the lines of research and development to provide viable solutions to the different challenges, and at the same time contribute to defining the legal framework that regulates its possible implementation.

In addition, the experience of the Spanish railway sector will make it possible to analyse the technological development that improves the safety and security of all the system as well as to promote the interoperability of the different Hyperloops on a European level.