China · Active
CASIC T-Flight Low-Vacuum Maglev Test Line
2 km low-vacuum tube for full-scale maglev testing. The vehicle is designed for 1,000 km/h and is the longest full-size hyperloop-type installation currently operating.
Observatory · Test infrastructure
Where hyperloop is tested.
A sourced register of the tracks, tubes and research loops where hyperloop hardware is tested. Active, planned and retired facilities are kept distinct.
15Test facilities
10Countries
9Active facilities
Facilities
The test infrastructure register.
Every entry links to its primary source and latest verification date. Active, planned, relocated and decommissioned facilities remain distinct.
Netherlands · Active
European Hyperloop Center
Open innovation facility featuring a 420 m tube and the world’s first full-scale lane switch for hyperloop systems.
Netherlands · Active
Hardt Hyperloop Delft Test Facility
Early Hardt test and levitation research facility that preceded the European Hyperloop Center in Veendam.
India · Active
IIT Madras Hyperloop Test Track
Asia’s first student-led hyperloop test track. Initial runs reached 100 km/h; the facility hosts the Global Hyperloop Competition.
South Korea · Active
KORAIL Hyper-Tube Test Facility
1:17 scale vacuum-tube model that reached 1,019 km/h in 2020 at 0.001 atm pressure.
Poland · Active
Nevomo Magrail Test Track
Europe’s longest Magrail test track; used to demonstrate levitation on conventional railway infrastructure.
China · Active
Southwest Jiaotong University HTS Maglev Loop
Circular low-vacuum track with high-temperature superconducting maglev prototype; 620 km/h demonstrated in 2021.
Switzerland · Active
Swisspod / EPFL LIMITLESS Test Loop
1:12 scale reduced-pressure loop used for propulsion and levitation research. Broke the world record for the longest hyperloop trial in equivalent full-scale distance.
United States · Active
Swisspod Pueblo Test Track
World’s largest active hyperloop test track as of 2025. AERYS 1 capsule reached 146 km/h (planned expansion to a one-mile closed loop).
Switzerland · Under construction
EuroTube DemoTube
DemoTube phase 1 operational since 2024; composite-material research loop under construction at Zurich Innovation Park.
Spain · Under construction
Zeleros SELF Port of Sagunto Test Track
Cargo demonstrator for container handling inside the port; construction started in 2022. Zeleros filed for insolvency in April 2026.
Italy · Planned
Hyper Transfer Test Track
Planned ~10 km certification and test track following the completed feasibility study; commercial line subject to further approvals.
France · Relocated
HyperloopTT Toulouse R&D Center
Europe’s first full-scale hyperloop test track. Operations and equipment were relocated to Italy in 2024 following the HyperTransfer tender award.
United States · Decommissioned
SpaceX Hyperloop Test Track
One-mile tube used for the Hyperloop Pod Competition (2015–2019); TUM/WARR record 463 km/h in 2019. Dismantled in 2022.
United States · Decommissioned
Virgin Hyperloop One DevLoop
Full-scale test track where pods reached 192 mph in 2017. The company shut down in 2023 and the site was put up for sale.
Verification
A facility is not a commercial line.
Status, length and notes reflect the latest verification date. Inclusion does not imply a commercial service.
Entries come from the Global Hyperloop Observatory. Each facility links to a primary source and the date it was last verified.