Admiring the draft of the Hyperloop system in Saudi Arabia, it may shorten the travel time from a few hours to a few minutes.

For almost a decade, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always relied on huge oil reserves to develop its economy.

However, in recent years, oil prices have continued to decline sharply, Saudi Arabia is seeking to diversify its economy and rely less on its oil reserves.

The royal family created a new plan called "Vision 2030," including plans to modernize the city across the kingdom. As part of the plan, the country hopes to build a giant Hyperloop transport system to move quickly between cities in Saudi Arabia.

On Monday, Virgin Hyperloop One (a Los Angeles company that is developing Hyperloop technology) and the Saudi prince, Mohammed bini Salmnan, announced a prototype, expected to be installed. Future.

If implemented, this system significantly cuts travel time between the cities of Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia. According to Virgin Hyperloop One, travel times that usually last for hours will shrink to just a few minutes.

The Hyperloop system of Saudi Arabia will connect many cities in the Middle East together, including Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah and Abu Dhabi.

Hyperloop One announced in late 2016 that it signed an agreement with the Dubai government to evaluate Hyperloop usage between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Here is a sketch of Hyperloop station from above:

According to Virgin Hyperloop One, this system will move 2 to 3 times faster than super speed trains:

The company also announced that the system will move at about 313 km / h, allowing passengers to travel from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in just 12 minutes. If driving, this route usually takes about 2 hours.

A trip from Riyadh to Jeddah, usually takes about 10 hours, now will only take 76 minutes. Traveling from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi, it usually takes more than 8.5 hours, it will only take about 48 minutes.

The image below is a render image of the checkpoint, where there will be staff managing the Hyperloop system.

Using a special engine, the Hyperloop system moves by electric motor, through a low pressure hose.

The company has also built a prototype of a passenger compartment for the project:

Customers will receive passenger cabins with one application. This app will tell when the compartments will arrive at the station at certain ports (like the airport).

Virgin Hyperloop One said there will be about 120 ports to accommodate passengers, allowing serving 8,500 customers per hour.

Virgin Hyperloop One is testing their system in Nevada, north of Las Vegas:

In December 2017, their team successfully tested a complete system. The velocity achieved in the test is 386 km / h.

However, a Hyperloop system in the city is still a distant ambition.

Although cities have systems to transport small parcels at high speeds, transporting people will bring many questions to engineers and cost challenges.

For example, to transport the compartment inside the system's pipe, a super-fast compressor system will be required, which will produce a lot of heat. Air conditioning inside the pipeline can solve this problem, but this will require larger, more expensive pipes.

Virgin Hyperloop One and the Arab government believe that the Hyperloop system will help stimulate economic growth, diversify industries in the country, develop production and technology, create more jobs. do in the area.