UKIP London mayor candidate wants Richard Branson to help build underground transport pods - Daily Express

UKIP candidate Dr Peter Gammons explained to Express.co.uk that he would like to employ the help of Richard Branson and Elon Musk to build high-speed transport pods across London.

The idea, seemingly borrowed from the Virgin Hyperloop which transports people in pods travelling up to 100mph, would be built in unused underground tunnels across the capital.

The transport pods are among several big ideas from the mayoral candidate who wants children to plant trees across London, house the homeless in refurbished WW2 bunkers and to remove the congestion charge.

“Because they're already developed when I first talked about my underground public transport system people thought I was crazy talking about some futuristic thing.

“But I don't believe it's very far from the future, Musk and Branson are already experimenting with underground pod systems.

Published On: Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:01:00 GMT