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This crazy train could connect Paris to Lyon in just 15 minutes in a few months!

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Connecting the City of Light to the capital of the Gauls in under 20 minutes is the totally crazy promise of the Hyperloop project, a next-generation supersonic transport system that could be up and running in France before the end of the year.

Just imagine the scene: in Paris, you hop into a state-of-the-art capsule. You settle in comfortably and start your favorite episode of your series. As soon as the opening credits finish, you lift your head to discover that you’re already… at the other end of France (or nearly). It’s the dream of every urbanite in a hurry or tech enthusiast, right? And it could soon become a reality!


Onward to the future

If we told you that, in a few months, it would be faster to travel from Paris to Lyon than from Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile to Bastille, you would probably think we were completely out of our minds. Yet, that’s the project being worked on for the past few years.

born now different international companies and universities, including the School of Mines. The project "FluxJet", which focuses on the section between Paris and Lyon, could be available sooner than expected. On the agenda is a type of supersonic train, a capsule propelled through a vacuum tunnel at speeds of over 1000 km/h. A mode of transport allowing for the fastest journeys ever considered, which does face some challenges.


An impossible dream, or a nightmare just within reach ?

On paper, we won’t lie to you, the idea of a train ride to go get stuck in traffic in just fifteen minutes sounds pretty tempting. However, in reality, this project does have some downsides. Mainly because it requires building a tunnel with no curves over hundreds of kilometers. A construction that requires materials and is a bit careless about environmental constraints. And for a mode of electric transport that claims to be very eco-friendly, that’s not ideal. Then there’s the question of cost. Considering the logistics and time savings, we can imagine that this Hyperloop won't be accessible to just anyone. So, in the end, we think that 2 hours by TGV isn’t that bad after all, and at worst, we can stop by Trenitalia.