The vertical high-speed rail station of the future

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A vision of vertical railway stations which stretch for hundreds of metres into the sky has been put forward as a possible solution to relieving congestion in cities around the world by the end of 21st century.

The Hyper Speed Vertical Train Hub is a concept that has been entered into eVolo magazine’s annual skyscraper competition by Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa as an alternative to the traditional rail terminal.

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By flipping the station onto a vertical axis, the design reduces the impact on land use to meet the predicted rapid growth in city populations over the coming decades.

Trains stick to outside of the building using a maglev system and exit the terminal through a series of tunnels at the foot of the structure.

The constant movement of trains would create a ‘dynamic and kinetic facade’ and ferris-wheel-style seating would ensure passengers remained upright throughout their journey .

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 Is it possible to build a vertical railway station? Leave your comment below

11 COMMENTS

  1. Err, if you want to free up land wouldn’t it be simpler just to raft over rail lines and stations as has been done for over a century? A solution looking for a problem.

  2. To make it safe each capsule would have to be sealed, so no walking about the train, no toilets or shops. I can’t imagine how staff would get about.

  3. It is too early to say that next century will accommodate vertical occupation of space.The AEROSPACE is already under stress by a large number of flights and there will be always danger of electromagnetic induction.Let us hope by the time this dream of a man materializes with new material and smart intelligence.

  4. A pipe dream that will never happen. Just like when , in the fifties, they prophesised that we’d all be flying around in our own personal helicopters by about 1975.

  5. If this was an actual vertical railway from a station on Earth going straight up to space stations in low Earth orbit, then geostationary orbit, I might have been more impressed.

    I mean, I am impressed… but what’s the point of this?

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