High Traffic Capacity

Exceeds High-speed Trains or Six-lane freeway

Better & faster service than either of the above

Available Now - Manual Train Service

• WhisperLiner Train Service - Two trains per minute - Up to 3,900 pphpd ( Based on 300-ft stations )
• CargoLiner Train Service - Two trains per minute - Up to 9,000 tphpd* ( Based on 600-ft trains )

*tons per hour per direction

Future - Automated Single Vehicle Service

• Future automated High-speed passenger service - Exceeds 380-passenger trains at 2-min intervals!
• 112,000 per hour - with 9-passenger cars
• 49,900 per hour - with 4-passenger cars
• Future automated High-speed cargo service - More than 6-lane freeway filled with large trucks!
• 37,440 tons per hour - (at double highway speeds)
• Future automated Personal automobile service - More than 6-lane freeway filled with cars!
• 12,480 cars per hour - (at double high-way speeds)

Currently Available Manual Train Service

WhisperLiner Passenger Train Service

WhisperLiner passenger trains provide 120-mph travel between stations. Passengers ride in first class seats arranged on either side of a wide center aisle in coaches that carry up to 13 passengers each. Airliner style restrooms are provided in each coach. Luggage is stowed in racks in the same coach as the passengers. Because trains are much smaller than conventional trains, it is practical to launch trains are frequent intervals to minimize waiting time. The same small train feature also makes it practical to start train runs from intermediate stations along line and terminate runs at such stations, thus eliminating requirements for longer-distance trains to stop at intermediate station, thereby providing fast, direct, non-stop service between most points in a system. Such non-stop service tends to make average trip speed the full 120-mph speed.

CargoLiner Train Service

CargoLiner trains provide 120-mph, non-stop cargo transport between cargo terminals. Cargo is transported in small forklift transportable, forklift loaded closed containers. Full-size containers can hold up to three tons of cargo. Half-size containers can hold up to 1.5 tons of cargo. Both containers are flatbed trucks. The half-size container length is within the 8-ft, 4-inch width limit for trucks allowing theses containers to be carried sideways on trucks.

Transport speeds with CargoLiners is higher than for over the road trucks. Trucks handle the containers for local pickup and delivery.

Future Automated Transport

Faster Trip Times than Hi-speed Train Travel or Short Haul Airliners

Future automated MegaLiners travel non-stop from origin terminal to destination terminal at full 120-mph speed. Because they do not stop at terminals along the route for other passengers, the average speed approaches 120-mph. By comparison, a 150-mph train that must stop at intermediate stations and slow down in cities to reduce noise may offer an average trip speed on the order of only 75-mph. Consequently, 120-mph MegaLiners offer faster travel time.

Because MegaLiners start and end trips at stations inside cities rather than at typically distant airports, passengers save significant amounts of time at both ends of the trip in comparison to airliner travel. Hence, MegaLiner trips can beat short haul airliner trips.

Faster Cargo Shipment than Trucks and Even Air Cargo

Future automated cargo moves at 120-mph without stops from origin terminal to destination terminal on a 24-hour per day basis. The smaller (3-ton) capacity container can also be directly routed to the cargo destination, thus avoiding lost time in unloading and reloading trucks at cargo terminals.

The same half-size containers holding up to 1.5 tons of cargo carried aboard CargoLiners can also be carried on the automated carriers. Two such containers are loaded on the carriers in tandem.

Fast Inter-city Automobile Travel

Future automated car ferries transport ordinary automobiles with drivers and passengers non-stop at 120-mph from entry ramp to exit ramp. Car occupants arrive at ramps near their ultimate destinations in destination cities in their cars rested and ready to drive short distances to complete their trips.  Total travel time is less than half of interstate highway travel.