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Friday 28 September 2012

10 OF THE COOLEST TRAINS IN THE WORLD


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10 of the Coolest Trains in the World
By Emily Temple,
Flavor Wire, 22 September 2012.

Trains are not usually stellar examples of design - all that ugly grey-blue upholstery speckled to look less dirty, the grey plastic tray tables and greasy windows - but we recently came across these exciting photos of a Parisian train transformed into a moving replica of the Palace of Versailles [top image on the left], and couldn’t stop thinking how much we wanted to take a ride on it. Inspired, we’ve put together this compendium of some of the coolest train interiors in the world - from the gorgeous to the ultra-modern to the covered in kitties, whether permanent or temporary. Just imagine if some of these pulled into one of the most beautiful subway stations in the world – it would pretty much be a design explosion…




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