Paul Priestman , interior decorator of Britain ’s wide - used Virgin Pendolino train cars , thinks his country is in motivation of a Modern exile icon , one that upholds the legacy of the Rolls Royce and the Concorde . His visual sense ? The double - decker Mercury train .
Priestman is determined to convince Britain that a gamey - speed , high - tech train like the Mercury is primal to achieving sustainable , low - carbon transit and liven British industry . And like the Rolls and Concorde before it , the Mercury is the overlap of badass engineering and entire luxury .
The 400 meter long double - Thomas Dekker — if pursued , it would be the country ’s first — travels at 225 miles per hour , thanks to an protracted nose that ’s “ one of the most utmost in the world . ” It houses traditional commuter train fanny outfitted with amusement systems , as well as private compartment , and there ’s a play area for kids as well as a legal community and lounge for bigger kidskin .
But for Priestman , it ’s not just about zipping people around at 200 mph with feel and in - string amusement ; he image the Mercury as a “ a crucial chance to defend British excogitation and engineering in an more and more competitory world economy . ” OK , but I still see it as a chance to be speed around Britain with liveliness and in - train amusement . [ PriestmangoodeviaDezeen ]
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