GOTUBE RESEARCH FACILITY

On March 14th the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer officially inaugurated the goTube research infrastructure, a 27-meter steel hyperloop tube on the Emden campus—the currently longest hyperloop facility in Germany. In March 2025, we were honored to host Rüdiger Eichel from the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, representing Minister Falko Mohrs; he officially inaugurated the Institute of Hyperloop Technology’s goTube in front of more than 100 guests. The event brought together representatives from state and EU politics, industry, and academia, including partners of the EU-funded project Hyper4Rail. Insights from goTube will feed into projects like Hyper4Rail to define harmonized standards for hyperloop in Europe. Many guests celebrated this milestone, particularly local industry partners and interested companies eager to learn about the hyperloop system and dive into testing of specific technologies. Investments from Lower Saxony and the EU are giving this research focus a strong momentum; the facility costs approximately 1 million €.