Floating trains as fast as planes? Toronto startup says 1,000km/h speeds could be a reality in the next decade
The golden age of train travel is a hundred years removed in Canada. One Toronto startup is developing plasma technology that it says could reconnect Canada’s cities by trains with speeds that top out over 1,000 km/h.
![Floating trains as fast as planes? Toronto startup says 1,000km/h speeds could be a reality in the next decade](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4216750.1700608886!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/transpod-downtown-toronto.jpg)
![An artist's rendering of the TransPod hyperloop on a track leading to Downtown Toronto. A mockup of a train outside Toronto's skyline in the day.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4216750.1700608886!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/transpod-downtown-toronto.jpg)
The golden age of train travel is a hundred years removed in Canada. One Toronto startup is developing plasma technology that it says could reconnect Canada’s cities by trains with speeds that top out over 1,000 km/h.