Stratram would need to overcome a lot of challenges, particularly if squishy humans were among the things being transported into space: the track would need to be around 1, 000 miles long to avoid the kind of instant acceleration that could crush a human, and the train would need a low-pressure vacuum tube to travel through.

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During Friday morning the reduced service put extra pressure on the Tube network.

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The only way to alleviate the pressure is to insert a tube or shunt to drain it.

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