Chapter 697： The Hyperloop is officially launched!

The latest website: "Experts, is this hyperloop project feasible?"

Faced with the question of the big leader, there were several whispers in the conference room.

At this time, a white-haired old man with a national character face and a Zhongshan suit spoke up.

"Sir, I don't think it's feasible!"

"Safety is a very big issue. Once the vacuum pipe is broken somewhere and there is outside air entering, it will cause the car to crash and kill people. Did you forget the Yongwen line accident that year?" He said, Looking around at the crowd, the opposition is very strong.

"Not to mention the construction of the vacuum pipeline. The vacuum pipeline is not compatible with the existing railway line, which means that it cannot be integrated into the existing railway network, so it is necessary to build a separate vacuum pipeline dedicated to the hyperloop, which is too expensive. It's gone!"

The old man with the face of the national character said with a heartache, "The construction cost of one kilometer is as high as 376 million yuan, and the station cannot be set up in the middle. Isn't this laboring the people and hurting the money? What's the point? Just a Beijing-Kowloon line costs more than 700 billion yuan. How long does it take to recover the cost? ?!"

This old man is not an ordinary expert, but an academician of the Academy of Engineering. His qualifications are also authoritative in the field of transportation, but he is more stubborn.

"I don't agree with Academician Gao's point of view, I think the hyperloop project is very feasible!"

The voice of opposition suddenly sounded, and when Academician Gao looked back at the voice, he didn't understand it at all.

Why did Academician Qi Zhenguo suddenly sing the opposite tune?

In the past, when some colleges and universities submitted applications for the Hyperloop project, they were always opposed by Academician Qi in the expert review. Why has it changed now?

Qi Lao looked at Academician Gao calmly and retorted: "The application for safety issues has been written very well, and choosing to build vacuum pipelines underground and under the sea can reduce the risk of natural disasters and maintenance costs."

"As for the high cost? The maglev central Shinkansen being built in Japan costs as much as 1 billion yuan per kilometer. In comparison, the 376 million cost of the hyperloop is not very high, right?"

Qi Lao paused, smiled and said: "And the direct problem, I don't think it is so absolute. For example, the Beijing-Guangzhou line can set up a halfway station Jiangcheng Station. The straight-line distance from Jingcheng to Jiangcheng is 1225 kilometers, and the straight-line distance from Jiangcheng to Yangcheng is 840 kilometers. , and the mileage required to increase the speed of the hyperloop and reduce the speed at the station does not exceed 100 kilometers. I personally think it is worth sacrificing this time. It can not only solve the safety problem, but also improve the economic benefits. "

"As for the cost, it is definitely not small, so I suggest establishing an inter-city flight network in China, and the first step is to achieve a speed of 1,500 kilometers per hour, on the national trunk line, especially around the five major economic zones: Beijing, Magic Capital, Rongcheng, Yangcheng and Jiangcheng, establish a national-type flight network, that is, the Beijing-Hanzhou nine line (Jingcheng-Jiangcheng-Yangcheng), and the Shanghai-Hancheng-Chengdu line (Magic City-Jiangcheng-Rongcheng)."

"The cost of these two super high-speed rail lines will reach 1.5 trillion yuan. It is not easy to recover the cost, and the impact can be very great!"

"The travel time between Jiangcheng and Jingcheng, Rongcheng, Yangcheng, and Modu will be shortened to one hour, and the five major cities can radiate the surrounding provinces. For example, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Zone is formed with the capital as the center, and Hubei and Hunan are formed with Jiangcheng as the center. The Jiangxi Economic Zone will form the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai Economic Zone with the Magic City as the center, the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone with Yangcheng as the center, and the Sichuan-Chongqing-Guizhou Economic Zone with Rongcheng as the center.”

"The second step is to connect China and neighboring countries at a speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour to form a flight network of the Belt and Road."

Qi Zhenguo's remarks shocked everyone in the audience. If this is really realized, "China Speed" will once again blow the eyes of netizens all over the world!

Beijing to Yangcheng, more than 2,000 kilometers, will be shortened to less than two hours (three and a half hours by plane), and the magic capital to Chengdu will be shortened to more than one hour (three and a half hours by plane).

In particular, Jiangcheng, as a transit station, will jump into the one-hour metropolitan area of ​​these four cities. It is no exaggeration to say that it will take off.

Academician Gao looked gloomy and uncertain, but he had actually accepted the other party's point of view in his heart, but he was not reluctant.

"I dare to ask Academician Qi, how much should the fare be set for the high construction cost? If the price is too low, it will be difficult to recover the cost, and if the price is too high, the common people will not be able to afford it."

"The cost will definitely be more expensive than the high-speed rail fare, but for business people and public officials, time is more valuable than money, not to mention that there is still room for speed improvement in the hyperloop. Once it is mentioned that the speed is over 2,000 kilometers per hour, air transportation is useless in front of the hyperloop. Competitiveness." Qi Lao said flatly.

For example, from Beijing to Yangcheng, the difference between the two hours of the super high-speed rail and the three and a half hours of the plane does not seem to be very different, but what if the super high-speed rail increases the speed by one hour?

1 hour PK3.5 hours.

That difference is huge.

Not to mention there is another advantage, that is, air transportation is easily affected by weather factors, such as heavy rain, heavy snow and other weather will delay or cancel flights, but the impact of these on the underground or submarine hyperloop is negligible.

Academician Gao still wanted to defend himself, but the big leader on the side couldn't stand it anymore and said with a smile: "Elder Gao, do you think it's time for you to listen to the opinions and opinions of other experts??"

The big leader has spoken, and Academician Gao has to hold back any opinions.

"Is there any difficulty in the construction of the vacuum pipeline from the China Railway General Administration? Besides, do you have any other views?"

In the face of the question from the leader, an expert who attended the China Railway Group turned over the project application and said in a serious tone: "Head of the report, as long as the safety system and nanotechnology mentioned in Professor Chen's application can be supported simultaneously, whether it is China Railway has no problem whether to build a vacuum pipeline underground or under the sea!"

In fact, building underground really has many advantages over land.

For example, if it is built on land, because it cannot be integrated into the existing railway network, it is necessary to build a special vacuum pipeline, which is troublesome. For example, land acquisition and demolition are a big trouble.

Underground there is no such problem.

In addition, pipelines on land are easily exposed to the sun and rain, and are threatened by natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, and mudslides, and the maintenance costs are high.

In addition to earthquakes underground, other natural disasters are basically not threatened.

The bottom of the sea is safer, and there is no need to worry about earthquakes.

But the price is more expensive to build!

On the construction cost: seabed>underground>land.

The same goes for security.

There are only five countries in the world that can build such a big project: China, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia.

Finally, the expert from China Railway Group also made a suggestion.

"Sir, I have a suggestion for the super high-speed rail station. It can be placed under the high-speed rail station in various places, such as Jingcheng West Station, Magic City Hongqiao Station, and Yangcheng South Station."

"This can realize the interconnection of super high-speed rail and ordinary high-speed rail, and facilitate the transfer of residents in surrounding cities and high-speed rail stations usually have subways directly to the urban area, making travel more convenient."

If you build a separate station or choose to be under the subway station, it is also troublesome for transfer.

For example, if a Hangzhou citizen wants to take the super high-speed rail, he has to take the ordinary high-speed rail to the Modu high-speed rail station, and then transfer to the subway to the super high-speed rail station, which is too troublesome.

It is more convenient for the hyperloop station to be built under the high-speed rail station.

The big leader nodded and continued the discussion.

The seminar lasted for nearly three hours, and finally came to an end in the last two sentences of the leader.

"To realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, not only in the humanities, economy, military, etc., but also in the field of transportation, it must be in the forefront of the world."

"I announce that the vacuum hyperloop project is officially approved!"

ps: I wrote for three hours, vomited blood, and asked for a recommendation ticket, a monthly ticket.