China plans to build a supersonic flying train

The high-speed pod system could be used to transport goods and people along President Xi Jinping's planned modern-day Silk Road.

A maglev train passes above traffic in Shanghai, China

China's aerospace agency is researching a "high-speed flying train" which will be able to reach top speeds of 2,485 mph (4,000 kmph) - more than three times the speed of sound.
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) is developing a transportation system similar to that of Elon Musk's futuristic Hyperloop system.
The Chinese agency says it owns over 200 patents for the project and plans in the future to export its hyperloop to countries along its touted modern-day Silk Road.
China's President Xi Jinping has said the country's multibillion dollar plan to build a modern-day Silk Road will be the "project of the century".
The country's existing high-speed rail network has received billions in investment in recent years, but CASIC's futuristic system will require even more.
Most hyperloop systems use pods and magnetic levitation to transport passengers through a near-vaccuum tube at potentially supersonic speeds.
Passengers would be transported in a similar way to how discs move over air hockey tables; with exceptionally low friction.
As the pods near their destination, electromagnets would slow them down and the kinetic energy of the travelling pod would be absorbed back into the system.
CASIC said that its own version of the system will be the first in the world to hit supersonic speed, although no system has yet managed to breach the 767 mph (1,234 kmph) speed of sound.
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