The G Train can be split into two if those onboard decide they want to go off in different directions. “Because there is no train that runs on all the tracks around the world that complies with all the systems.” “Such a train is very complicated,” he explains. Gaugain has brought a number of experts, such as Swiss train builder Stadler, glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain, UK engineering firm Eckersley O’Callaghan and security company Marine Guard onboard to ensure that the design is “feasible.” 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. “We need some time to slow down for inner travel to understand where we’d like to go and to understand our desires.” “Maybe the person who buys the train will start a new chapter of their life,” he says. It will likely be at a cost of around $350 million and the project will take at least two and a half years to build. He has yet to find a customer and admits he may need to find “someone as crazy” as himself to buy the train. “When the idea came to my head, I was thinking of her as a potential user,” he admits. “There’s something fantastic about trains,” he explains.”There are a lot of romantic ideas attached to them.”īut Gaugain had one particular person in mind when he envisioned the G Train, billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs. While a luxury train might not seem like the most obvious transition from motor yacht designs, Gaugain believes the idea first came to his mind when he was a child, explaining that trains have always fascinated him.
“You can change the light, the season or the pace in order to change your relationship to time.” “The train is a stage,” explains Gaugain. If they want to ensure the outdoor surroundings, they can switch to transparent mode, but if they want to create their own views, they can change the glass to opaque and create pretty much any view they want. “It’s about taking the time, because time is the only treasure we have.”Īnd it’s not just the exterior of the train that can be transformed at the flick of a switch, passengers can also change “the interior ambiance of the train in whichever section they are.”
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