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  • JR East railways has teamed up with Ferrari designer Ken Okuyama
  • New-look locomotive reveals observation cars with glass walls
  • Super-luxurious two-storey suites also on board train set for 2017 launch

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05:35 EST, 5 July 2014

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08:01 EST, 5 July 2014

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Observation cars with glass walls, deluxe suites and a sleek design – this is the future of train travel in Japan.

Cruise Train is expected to launch in the spring of 2017, but renderings have been released, unveiling a revolutionary blueprint with a £30m price tag.

Produced by Ferrari designer Ken Okuyama in collaboration with JR East railways, the projections are based on the seven-star super-luxury Nanatsuboshi in Japan.

Car with a view: Glass walls will feature on the Cruise Train according to the new designs

Car with a view: Glass walls will feature on the Cruise Train according to the new designs

Dining carriage: The designs, by Ken Okuyama, unveil the interior of the new £30m train

Dining carriage: The designs, by Ken Okuyama, unveil the interior of the new £30m train

The new-look 34-passenger vessel will boast 10 carriages – including two observation areas, with glass walls so that passengers can enjoy the moving landscape.

As well as being able to see out of a window at the very front of the train – so the track is visible – passengers will also be able to relax on comfortable, sofa-style seating.

It will also feature a two-storey deluxe suite car, complete with two beds on the lower floor, a private bathroom, and a lounge area upstairs.

Super-luxury: Inside the two-storey deluxe suite, which will boast two double beds and a lounge area

Super-luxury: Inside the two-storey deluxe suite, which will boast two double beds and a lounge area

High-end: The designs for the new train have been drawn up by Ferrari specialist Ken Okuyama

High-end: The designs for the new train have been drawn up by Ferrari specialist Ken Okuyama

The Cruise Train, with its high ceilings, will also have five further guest sleeper carriages.

And it will feature an EDC system, allowing it to run on both electric and non-electric rails.

Although the price of travelling on the new super-luxury train has not been announced, designer Okuyama said the locomotive ‘lets passengers enjoy the flow of time and space.’ 

Full steam ahead! How the exterior of the new Cruise Train - set to launch in 2017 - will look accord to designs

Full steam ahead! How the exterior of the new Cruise Train – set to launch in 2017 – will look accord to designs


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Welshman,

Cardiff, United Kingdom,

2 hours ago

Might come to UK in hundred years time

Kane,

perth, Australia,

11 hours ago

and the glass windows can even be spies,as well as transmitters of mind control.

ollymassey,

Reigate, United Kingdom,

12 hours ago

Looks like the trains in the hunger games

CS,

London, United Kingdom,

12 hours ago

wouldnt want to be in that front carriage when someone jumps infront

TheSpiritLivesOn,

Norwich, United Kingdom,

15 hours ago

Vote Labour and your newly renationalised railways will be just like this. No, honestly.

Paul,

Liverpool,

15 hours ago

Dining car looks good. The metal of the window designs of the lounge car seems to be in the way of a good view. Best designs are those used by AMTRAK in the USA in my experience – practical, comfortable and for everyone. I just wish we could have the BR Mk1 coaches back – or a new version of them – and the Blue Pullman and the buffet cars and dining car and the Manchester/Liverpool Pullman – rather than twenty wasted years of privatisation 🙁

David,

Johannesburh,

16 hours ago

Trains are the transport of the future – from the heart of a city to the heart of a city. Airlines should be worried.

Looking for a life,

Houston,

16 hours ago

Pity he can’t design a F1 car that is competitive !!!!

AuntyAlias,

San Francisco, United States,

16 hours ago

Nice ride if you can afford it. Elsewhere passengers are crammed in older train carriages like sardines.

Just saying…,

E Sussex, United Kingdom,

17 hours ago

Looks amazing, it would be nice to see more like this.

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