A designer has come up with the Mercury - a non-existent train to run on the non-existent rails of the High Speed 2 from London to Infinity and Beyond. Or Birmingham.
priestmangoode do have form, though. It was they who designed Virgin's Pendolino.
So what does the Mercury have to offer?
It's a double-decker with a 1st Class "lounge", individual pods to have business meetings, and a big sexy nose at the front.
Which all looks well and good, but it doesn't offer the railway companies enough opportunity for that all-important profit.
So in reality, the seats will be crushed together and people will be packed in like cattle, dreaming of a train with wide open spaces and sofas to sit on...
You can see the concept video of the Mercury over on priestmangoode's website.
1 comments:
That wid be a lot o' cash spent fer whit benefit exactly? Shavin a few meenits aff the journey fae London tae Birmingham. It wid barely even be worth the time-savin were the thing tae reach aw the way tae Thurso! Can fowk no jist be content tae slow doon, sit back, an' relax?
Fine lookin train it is tho.
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