Transport of the future? Europe's longest hyperloop centre opens

Veendam, Netherlands (AFP) Mar 26, 2024

Europe's longest tunnel for testing hyperloop technology opens Wednesday in the Netherlands, with operators hoping passengers could one day be whisked from Amsterdam to Barcelona in a couple of hours. On a disused railway centre near Veendam in the north of the country sits a sleek Y-shaped white tunnel 420 metres (1,380 feet) long made up of 34 interconnected pipes around 2.5 metres wide.