EuroTube has recently partnered with SBB to advance vacuum maglev technologies with custom research facilities such as for Hyperloop. As a development partner SBB supports EuroTube in planning and building the first 3km-long research and test infrastructure for ultra-high-speed vacuum ground transportation at a candidate location in Collombey-Muraz in the Canton of Valais and provides a part of the site for the test track.
EuroTube provides a research platform with the goal to pursue fundamental research as well as develop technologies for future commercial applications in the field of ultra-high-speed vacuum ground transportation. In collaboration with SBB and the Canton of Valais in depth feasibility and environmental impact studies are being carried out on the site. SBB hopes that the test track will provide important insights into the construction and operation of this potentially high-capacity transport mode and wants to gain essential findings into the application possibilities of this new transport system. “As a development partner, we will make our expertise available for the project planning and construction of the test track”, says Olivier Waeber, Project Manager – Innovation and Technology Initiatives – at SBB.
As the backbone and driving force of public transport in Switzerland, SBB combines the strengths of the rail system with the potential offered by digitalization, new technologies and new modes of transport – throughout the entire travel chain. SBB is also working on sustainable service concepts, testing innovative mobility solutions and enhancing environmental measures. In partnership with EuroTube, SBB stays at the pulse of technological development in an area that may be key for the future of mobility. In this sense, EuroTube and SBB share a common vision in technological innovation to explore the benefits of vacuum maglev transportation and to pursue a sustainable mobility of the future.