---
title: "UK Based Mole is Testing An Underground Delivery System"
description: "The UK-based MOLE system is automated and secure from one end to the other, able to carry two pallets and tap into paths for existing underground transit and service infrastructure."
date: "2015-07-01"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Peter Davidson"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/pete"
url: "https://futurism.com/uk-based-mole-is-testing-an-underground-delivery-system"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "transport"
---

# UK Based Mole is Testing An Underground Delivery System

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- Costs of this system are estimated to be as little as 10% of traditional above-ground shipping methods, and the pallet-based system makes the approach compatible with other intermodal systems including freight shipping containers.
- The company boasts the potential of the system on green as well as efficiency fronts, including low energy usage and environmental impact as well as 24/7 unmanned operations, automatic loading and unloading. There are also subtler benefits, like reducing road congestion on the streets above.
- MOLE has also already run a series of tests and is aiming to first deploy in the realm of industrial shipping, helping mines and factories connect raw and finished materials with target buyers and refiners.