Unter dem Titel „Mercury“ hat das englische Designstudio Priestmangoode eine Studie für einen neuen britischen Schnellzug veröffentlicht. Ob und wann dieses Projekt wirklich umgesetzt wird steht wohl noch in den Sternen. Die Studie soll jedenfalls dazu beitragen die Regierung von der Notwendigkeit des Projektes zu überzeugen.
“It’s shameful that in the 21st century when we have to compete more than ever with the rest of the world, we don’t have a modern day global transport design icon to fly the flag for British industry.”
“Britain has an unrivalled record of great transport engineering projects – a record that died with Concorde. If we are to operate in a global design marketplace, we need to re-establish that influence by producing world-beating designs, moving the British engineering industry forward again and giving the country a much needed boost.”
“But we also need to persuade people to travel by train to achieve a successful low-carbon economy. To do that, train travel needs to be as exciting as air travel and as sexy as the latest car. Not only does it need to be fast, it needs to be modern, luxurious, exciting and stylish. Mercury is all those things”.
Also ich würde liebend gerne in einem solchen Zug commuten. ME LIKES
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