> fully operational by 2065 That's with a late-2020s start, presumably to avoid having to make any decisions within anyone's political lifetime. I view Hyperl

> fully operational by 2065 That's with a late-2020s start, presumably to avoid having to make any decisions within anyone's political lifetime. I view Hyperloop as an extremely optimistic, naive and totally unproven idea. Wake me when someone actually implements it. Preferably Mr Musk - if the idea's such a winner he should have no trouble at all raising the necessary capital. Meanwhile, Japan has been building its shinkansen network for 40 years this year, a long term project the likes of which we can not even conceive of in western politics, to our very great loss.