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Columbus closer to getting Hyperloop One train line to Chicago
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Trips from Columbus to Chicago could become much quicker in the future. Columbus is a semifinalist in the Hyperloop One Global Challenge. The experimental train could travel to Chicago in just 30 minutes compared to the current six-hour drive.
Columbus is one of 35 semifinalists from around the world.
The Hyperloop One is just a theory at the moment. It would use opposing magnets to make the train levitate and then create a vacuum to shoot the passenger car through a tube, much like the money tube used in most bank drive-thrus.
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