The Hyperloop has become a reality in the new ‘European Hyperloop Centre’ in Veendam, the Netherlands. All the elements required to operate a Hyperloop are available here in test versions. Hyperloop developers from all over the world meet here to develop the Hyperloop further and maintain research and industry partnerships.
Open borders are one of the great features of Europe and have largely been taken for granted for the past 40 years. Nevertheless one still appreciates the feeling of going past deserted customs houses by car without being stopped, only to pick up speed again with a renewed sense of freedom.
During our short trip with GATEWAY Hyperloop Europe, we pass through the Bunde/Nieuweschans border crossing on the 75-kilometre journey from Emden in Lower Saxony to Veendam in the Netherlands, near the university town of Groningen. The European Hyperloop Centre (EHC) is located roughly halfway between Groningen and Papenburg, Germany. The EHC is situated in the Ems-Dollart-Region – an administrative union within the German-Dutch borderlands –, which provides the Hyperloop Centre an ideal, international environment.
Professors Walter Neu and Thomas Schüning, who work on the Hyperloop project at Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences, accompany the GATEWAY reporter on the second stop of his journey to European Hyperloop locations.
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