Working with [Seibu Group's] design team, [Sejima] has proposed a concept for [their] 'Red Arrow' series that would be one with the environment, melding into the background as it travels through city and countryside. The plan represents a sharp deviation from train designs of the past, which have emphasized a bold, striking look through slick lines and bright colors. In contrast, Sejima has chosen keywords like 'friendly' and 'soft' to define her new vision for express trains in Japan. — Spoon & Tamago
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this is cool
so that committing suicide by train is minimized.
Love it. We need some of these in the US. Start with 3, East (BOS-DC) west (SF-SD) and central (KC-CHI)
The title is misleading. That particular line has never had bullet trains and if you read the article it's actually the limited express trains that are being redesigned. It may seem like semantics but bullet trains hit 300+ km/hr and are relatively expensive to travel on while limited express trains top out ~100km/hr and are <1/2 the price of a bullet train to travel on.
lol people reading the article before commenting
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