Saudi Arabia’s millennial Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met with Richard Branson to discuss bringing a high-speed Hyperloop transit system to Saudi Arabia.
The Crown Prince and several other members of Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry met at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California to speak with the billionaire Branson and his Virgin Galactic Company, which is developing vehicles for commercial space travel, and discuss potential partnerships with Saudi Arabia.
The two also touted the idea of developing a high-speed Hyperloop transit system that could carry passengers between the capital city of Riyadh and the major commercial hub of Jeddah, in 76 minutes.
Currently, travel time between the two cities is just over 10 hours by current public-transport methods.
