The golden age of railways is steaming back into the modern era — in
Japan at least. Since the island nation privatised its extensive rail
network in the late 1980s, there has been an explosion of high-end
designer trains all culminating in these gorgeous, luxurious rail cars
from former Ferrari designer Ken Okuyama.
Dubbed the “cruise train” by JR East, the Japanese train company
developing them, these $US50 million rail cars spare their riders no
luxury. Just look at those interiors, they’re like rolling Park Avenue
apartments replete with full length glass windows and ceilings, full
baths and split-level sleeping accommodations.
The new trains are already in production and are expected to enter
service in the Spring of 2017. There’s no word yet on pricing yet,
although, given that each hyper-exclusive outing will only carry 34
passengers in total, you can be that tickets will be astronomically
priced and almost entirely out of the reach of normal folks. [
JR East via
Spoon Tomago]
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