Architects propose vertical train system

Two architects have come up with the idea of building a train system, which travels up and down skyscrapers faade in the megacities of the future.

The Vertical Hyper-Speed Train Hub, pioneered by UK-based architects Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa, embodies the idea of train carriages supported by magnetic tracks running up the skyscraper's exterior.

...The proposal will flip the traditional form and function of the current train station design vertically, and re-form it into a cylindrical mass to increase the towers train capacity..., they have said.

...Passengers will travel into the main lobby allowing travelers to ascend through the atrium and through the platforms and onto the carriages....

The carriages are made to pivot, allowing the passengers within the carriage to remain in an upright position and facing towards the cityscape. Each carriage could accommodate 10 people sat in two rows opposite each other.

The designers have asserted that the proposal would reduce CO2 emissions, increase energy security, and revolutionize international trading relations.

...The project will become a repeatable piece of infrastructure that can be implemented to support any city around the world, connecting to a new Hyper Speed under and over ground network, with trains covering an average distance of 300miles in 30 minutes....

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