---
title: "See a Startup’s Newly Unveiled Hyperloop Test Track"
description: "Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has unveiled a full-scale hyperloop test track — an important milestone on the path to a functioning hyperloop."
date: "2019-02-26"
modified: "2019-02-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/hyperloop-test-track-hyperlooptt"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Hyperloop"
  - "Mass Transit"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "france"
  - "hyperloop"
  - "transportation"
---

# See a Startup’s Newly Unveiled Hyperloop Test Track

![Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has unveiled a full-scale hyperloop test track — an important milestone on the path to a functioning hyperloop.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hyperloop-test-track-hyperlooptt.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies\</em\>*

## French Connection

The idea of a [hyperloop](<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2013/08/12/elon-musk-to-reveal-hyperloop-plans-after-a-trickle-of-hints/?utm_term=.444fd266920f>) may have originated in Silicon Valley, but it's coming to life in France.

In 2013, tech CEO Elon Musk unveiled plans for a transportation system he dubbed a "[hyperloop](<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2013/08/12/elon-musk-to-reveal-hyperloop-plans-after-a-trickle-of-hints/?utm_term=.75118bf7b477>)," in which capsules travel at enormous speeds through a low-pressure tube.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) is one of several companies now building out such a system, and on Tuesday, it shared images of the full-scale hyperloop test track it's building in Toulouse, France — an important milestone on the path to a functioning hyperloop.

![Hyperloop Transportation Technologies](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Hyperloop-TT-1-1200x800.jpeg>)
*Image Credit: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies*

## Nearing Completion

According to a *CNBC* [report](<https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/26/hyperloop-firm-unveils-first-images-of-its-new-test-track-in-toulouse.html>), HyperloopTT's hyperloop test track is 320 meters (1,049 feet) long, and the company plans to use it to test the passenger pod it [unveiled in October](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/hyperloop-passenger-capsule>).

Those tests won't kick off until April, though, as the track isn't actually complete just yet — HyperloopTT told *CNBC* it still needs to install a "proprietary vacuum pump system," but that construction should wrap up in the "coming weeks."

![Hyperloop](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Hyperloop-TT-2-1200x800.jpeg>)
*Image Credit: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies*

## Full Speed Ahead

Work-in-progress or not, HyperloopTT CEO Dirk Ahlborn expressed confidence in his company's system.

"In Toulouse, we have taken the time to design and build a truly commercially viable system," he told *CNBC*. "As we get ready for testing, we are proud to share our most recent milestones at our R&D (research and development) center in Europe's 'Aerospace Valley' which will serve as our staging ground for our efforts worldwide."

![Hyperloop](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Hyperloop-TT-3-1200x1200.jpeg>)
*Image Credit: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies*

**READ MORE:** [Hyperloop Firm Unveils First Images of Its New Test Track in Toulouse](<https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/26/hyperloop-firm-unveils-first-images-of-its-new-test-track-in-toulouse.html>) \[*CNBC*\]

***More on HyperloopTT: [The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/hyperloop-passenger-capsule>)***

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)