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Glasgow - Liverpool is just wrong, and Edinburgh - London is the distance by car. I'm guessing the other distances aren't accurate either.
by beojan 9y ago
Glasgow - Liverpool is just wrong, and Edinburgh - London is the distance by car. I'm guessing the other distances aren't accurate either.
- secfirstmd 9y agoYeah Glasgow Liverpool doesn't make sense. Maybe London - Birmingham/Liverpool would. that's what all the money on HS2 is going to be wasted on.
- Normal_gaussian 9y agoIf you actually look at the routes [1] (as linked by another user [2]) the Glasgow-Liverpool makes some of the most sense. The UK has long term problems with its north-south divide, putting a hyperloop into London and the south will be crazy expensive and meet tons of opposition. Linking the northern cities will be brilliant infrastructure and form a solid backbone for future economic development. Eventual extension to London is also possible with less opposition. We need to unite Britain, and a northern hyperloop could go a long way to doing that. [1] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/hyperloop-one-colorado-dot-to-study-360-mile-intercity-route/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/hyperloop-one-colorado-... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15250816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15250816
- notahacker 9y agoThe UK distances are based on big curving loops with intermediate stops (Liverpool - Glasgow goes via Edinburgh and Newcastle). I'm not convinced that makes them more practical - if anything the opposite - but it does mean the distances likely work. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/hyperloop-one-colorado-dot-to-study-360-mile-intercity-route/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/hyperloop-one-colorado-...