Flying on a train
© Manyone
Future Life
October 2021

Flying on a train

While the Hyperloop has not made its way into the real world of transportation yet, an even more extreme idea is approaching at high speed: the Aeroslider maglev concept that Manyone, a team of designers and strategists in Denmark, has come up with.
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The train with a length of 250 meters (820 feet) is supposed to travel at a speed of 800 km/h (500 mph) – without an onboard propulsion system. Propelled through a connected system of electromagnetic portals perched on 20-meter (65 feet)-tall pylons in the countryside, the maglev ­Aeroslider would use no rails, tubes or ­other physical stabilizers but have a unique feature: reservoirs in the capsule filled with helium to reduce the weight of this “rocket.”

  • Even more radical than a hyperloop: the aeroslider hovering from magnetic ring t ...
    Even more radical than a hyperloop: the aeroslider hovering from magnetic ring to magnetic ring © Manyone
  • Enough space - even for a running track
    Enough space - even for a running track © Manyone
  • Thanks to the stilts man-made or natural obstacles can be bridged
    Thanks to the stilts man-made or natural obstacles can be bridged © Manyone
  • Best views in the glazed front dome
    Best views in the glazed front dome © Manyone
  • When the journey lasts longer: comfortable sleeping compartments
    When the journey lasts longer: comfortable sleeping compartments © Manyone
  • When the next virus comes: partitions between the seats
    When the next virus comes: partitions between the seats © Manyone

It remains to be seen whether the train will ever zip from Moscow to Shanghai in 12 hours as imagined. But, as Albert Einstein said: “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”

This is how the aeroslider could link Eurasia with Africa
© Manyone
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