'Palace on rails' luxury private train concept unveiled

[John Ashworth]

$350M 'palace on rails' luxury train concept unveiled

French designer Thierry Gaugain plans to take the rail travel experience to a completely new level with his latest concept, a private luxury train made to measure for one lucky, and very wealthy, owner. Gaugain, who has worked with renowned designer Philippe Starck across countless projects, is known for his impressive yacht designs... Described as a luxurious "palace on rails," the 400-meter long train will be made of 14 cars and glass so technologically advanced that it can switch from opaque to complete transparency...With space for around 18 overnight guests, the G Train is set to run at 160 kilometers per hour and will be adapted to run on railways across the Americas and Europe... "Such a train is very complicated," he explains. "Because there is no train that runs on all the tracks around the world that complies with all the systems"...