India is making significant strides towards futuristic transportation, with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday (March 16) announcing that the country will soon be ready for Hyperloop technology. The minister made this statement following his visit to the Hyperloop testing facility at the IIT Madras Discovery Campus, where he witnessed a live demonstration of the high-speed transport system.
Vaishnaw highlighted that the 410-meter-long Hyperloop test tube at IIT Madras is the longest such facility in Asia. The project, developed using indigenous technologies, has shown promising results in initial tests, bolstering confidence in its future implementation.
Longest Hyperloop tube in Asia (410 m)… soon to be the world’s longest.@iitmadras pic.twitter.com/kYknzfO38l
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) March 16, 2025
“The entire testing system for Hyperloop transportation has been developed using indigenous technologies, and he congratulated all the young innovators for this achievement,” Vaishnaw said.
“India will soon be ready for Hyperloop transportation, as the Hyperloop transportation technology, which is currently under development, has yielded good results in the tests conducted so far,” he added.
The Railway Ministry has allocated financial funding and technical support for the Hyperloop project, with all electronics technology for the initiative set to be developed at ICF Chennai.
The Minister highlighted that the highly skilled experts at the ICF facility, who have successfully engineered large-scale electronic systems for Vande Bharat high-speed trains, will now lead the development of electronics technology for the Hyperloop project.
Hyperloop is a cutting-edge, high-speed, and eco-friendly transportation system. It operates using pods that travel at speeds of up to 1,207 km/h within low-pressure tubes, significantly reducing air resistance and friction for rapid long-distance travel.
Although the concept dates back centuries, Hyperloop technology gained renewed interest in 2013 when Elon Musk released a white paper detailing its feasibility. His vision proposed a revolutionary transport system as an alternative to traditional rail and air travel.
