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4000 mph Vactrain could zip you from New York to London in under an hour

Forget planes, boats or zeppelins. In the future, you might be able to zip across the Atlantic from New York to London in super speedy vacuum tubes, kind of like what banks use in their drive through. At least that’s the idea from American engineer Darryl Oyster.

The Vactrain works just like an upsized version of those vacuum operated tubes that they use to send money and receipts around in some big stores. The cylindrical train rides in a tube that forms a close airtight seal around the cars. Suck all of the air out of the tube, and the train will be propelled forward by the pressure of air behind it.

Oyster’s company ET3 has already sold 60 licenses for a six passenger version of his evacuated tube transport, but he says that the potential for speed and capacity is much higher.

Oyster says that his Vactrain is ideal for connecting widely separated cities in sparsely populated areas, and could run underwater tethered at a predetermined depth. He also claims that the system would be far lower in cost that high speed electric trains, while using far less power per passenger mile.

According to Oyster, the system could be up and running in about ten years.

The idea of using vacuum tubes for super high speed transportation and transit isn’t exactly new. It’s been around for over a hundred years and was a staple in sci-fi for a while, but maybe it could still happen. Maybe?

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    Futurama omg
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    four thOUSAND MILES PER HOUR HOLY SHIT YOU KNOW FUCKING FAST THAT IS
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    ahahahahaha futurama
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    They were going to do this but they decided not to as it “would be too expensive”, I would fund it if I had the money...
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