Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa have drawn up a proposal for the world’s first vertical trains that will climb up giant skyscrapers. These skyscrapers will reduce the amount of land needed for traditional train stations and relieve congestion in cities around the world by the end of the 21″ century. The ‘Hyper Speed Vertical Train Hub’ has super powerful magnets on its sides to allow the trains to go up the building. As the train travels and transitions from its horizontal formation and ascends up the facade vertically, the carriages will pivot similar to those on a Ferris wheel, allowing the passengers within to remain in an upright position. The hub will connect to a new Hyper Speed under and over ground network, with trains covering an average distance of 300 miles in 30 minutes.
Train carriages pivot like a Ferris wheel when they approach, and magnets on the side of the building allow them to rise up.
‘The Hyper Speed Vertical Train Hub, aims to resolve the inevitable challenges that cities will face by 2075, and offers a deliverable and sustainable solution for the future of the transport generation,’ they say.
The project will become a ‘repeatable’ piece of infrastructure that can be implemented to support any city around the world, connecting to a new Hyper Speed under and over ground network, with trains covering an average distance of 300miles in 30 minutes, they hope.
The train tower aims to eliminate the current impact that traditional stations have currently on land use.
Passengers will travel into the main lobby allowing travelers to ascend through the atrium and through the platforms and onto the carriages.
‘The trains will also create a dynamic and kinetic facade, one that will be continuously evolving and responsive to the workings of the vertical hub, a language that can be read by the whole city,’ the team say.
As the train travels and transitions from its horizontal formation, and ascends up the facade vertically, the carriages will pivot similar to that on a ‘Ferris wheel’, allowing the passengers within the carriage to remain in an upright position and facing towards the cityscape.
The carriages will be supported by a magnetic structure located at either side, eliminating the need for rails beneath, and allowing the carriages and its passengers to connect to the tower.
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