Soon New York-Washington in 29 minutes by train?

Entrepreneur Elon Musk announced Thursday that the very high-speed train project that would link New York to Washington in just 29 minutes has received verbal approval from the government, saying he is “optimistic” that a formal agreement could be reached. ” quickly”.

The businessman, founder of the automotive group Tesla and the aeronautical company SpaceX, indicated, in a tweet, that the agreement had been given to the Boring Company, a company specializing in tunneling, which he also created.

“Have just received the verbal assent of the government for the Boring Company in order to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 minutes, ”the billionaire tweeted on his account Twitter, using abbreviations for New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, the federal capital.

About 500 kilometers separate New York from Washington.

Solicited, the US Department of Transport referred to a spokesperson for the White House, who did not confirm this agreement.

“We have had promising discussions so far,” said the spokesperson, “and are committed to leading transformative infrastructure projects and we believe that the best solutions have often come from ingenuity and energy. of the private sector. “

Contacted byAFP, the society The Boring Company did not immediately follow up.

Elon Musk is only directly involved in the construction of the tunnels, through his company The Boring Company.

Trains are developed by other companies, with no capital link with them.

In his tweets Thursday, Elon Musk did not explain who was the partner of the train project between New York and Washington.

Several companies have positioned themselves in this market. In April, The Northeast Maglev, an American company, presented a project similar to the one mentioned Thursday by Elon Musk.

It is working with the Japanese railway company JR Central, which has developed the so-called “Scmaglev” technology for Superconducting Magnetic Levitation, and is currently testing a new electromagnetic levitation train to link Tokyo to Osaka at a speed of 500 km / hour.

Contacted byAFP, The Northeast Maglev did not immediately follow through.

This company does not use the name ofHyperloop, unlikeHyperloop One and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), who are also developing their own magnetic levitation train project.

In other tweets posted Thursday, Elon Musk talks about the creation of a very high speed link between Los Angeles and San Francisco as well as a line connecting several cities in Texas.

He also cites the tunnel currently under construction to relieve congestion in Los Angeles.

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