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      Indian Railways and IIT Madras Collaborate to Develop India’s First Indigenous Hyperloop

      The Ministry of Railways will collaborate with IIT Madras for the development of an “indigenous” Hyperloop system and will also help set-up a Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies at the premier institute.

      In 2017, the then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had express his interest in the Hyperloop technology, saying that India would be keenly watching the project and since then, many rounds of talks over the propose project had held between the ministry and US-base Hyperloop One, but nothing substantial emerge.

      Hyperloop works on a technology that would use magnetic levitation in low-pressure tubes to transport people and goods at airplane-like speeds.

      The low energy requirement and the significant role that this technology can play in making India Carbon neutral, makes Hyperloop mode of transportation an attractive proposition for Indian Railways.

      Ministry of Railways had therefore looking for potential partners and domain experts for joint collaborative working on development of this emerging and evolving concept for transportation of passengers and cargo.

      As per Statement :

      “The Ministry of Railways was informed that a team comprising 70 students, named “Avishkar Hyperloop”, formed by IIT Madras in 2017, has been applying scalability and frugal engineering concepts for development of Hyperloop based transportation system with an aim is to make India proud by showcasing its technologies to the world,”.

      “Collaboration with IIT Madras for development of an Indigenous Hyperloop system and setting-up of a “Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies” at IIT Madras,”.

      The group had finish in top-10 global ranking at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition-2019 and was the only Asian team to do so.

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      The student team “Avishkar Hyperloop” had also bag the ‘Most Scalable Design Award’ at the European Hyperloop Week 2021.

      IIT Madras approach Ministry of Railways in March-2022 with a proposal for collaborative working on development of contactless pod prototype and development of first-of-its-kind Hyperloop Test Facility at its Discovery Campus (at Thaiyur).

      When establish, the propose facility would offer world’s largest Hyperloop Vacuum Tube that can be use as Test Bed for further research on Hyperloop by Indian Railways.

      The institute sought support from the Railways for manufacturing assistance, formulation of safety regulations and access to its electrical testing facilities.

      It has also request for funding support by Ministry of Railways for taking this project ahead.

      The estimate cost of the Project, as conveyed by IIT Madras, is Rs. 8.34 crore.

      The project deliverables for IR would include detaile design documentation for Pod, Tube & Track, detaile testing and performance data for pod prototype and vacuum tube, provide IR with Hyperloop track as a testing platform for development of Pod technology in the interim and provide training to Railway Personnel for Hyperloop technologies.

      The institute has also propose to establish a “Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies” at IIT Madras through existing CRR (Centre of Railway Research) at IIT Madras.

      The existing CRR (Centre of Railway Research) at IIT Madras is locate in MSRC building of the institute and has functioning since 2017 with the funding support from Ministry of Railways.

      Five projects are under progress with the existing CRR at IIT Madras and it has providing training to railway engineers on subjects like Lean Manufacturing, Condition Monitoring and Concrete Testing and analysis.

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      The plan, officials said is to build a 500m tube (diameter 2m) and track capable of supporting various propulsion and levitation system configurations to enable rapid development of pod technology.

      The tube will be at par with the Virgin Hyperloop facility in USA in terms of functionality but will significantly outperform it in terms of cost, the statement from the Railways said.

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