After yesterday’s photo preview, here’s video of Thalys’ bombed out train rolling through Brussels. The commissioned works by graffiti writers JONONE of Paris, SOZYONE of Brussels, ZEDZ of Amsterdam and SEAK of Cologne will be running through December 13th, when high speed service kicks in. You wouldn’t see much more than a blur at 186 miles per hour anyways. Read more »
Unlike everyone else hellbent on keeping graffiti writers off their stock, one European rail company is rolling out the red carpet. In celebration of their high-speed service between Paris, Cologne, Brussels and Amsterdam, Thalys invited four former train bombers from each city to spray paint their brand new cars. Graffiti artists JONONE, SEAKONE, SOZYONE and ZEDZ were comfortably situated in Paris’ Gare du Nord and given 3 hours and 15 minutes, the train’s travel time between Paris and Cologne, to “express their city and the energy that it radiates.” The legal graffiti display will travel the line, undoubtedly inspiring illicit painters, until service begins in December. Read more »
The House of Representatives passed the The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, calling for a rail investment of $14.4 billion. Some of that money would be earmarked for a “two-hour rocket train” between NYC and D.C., as well as a high speed network of rails throughout the country. |NYSun via Gothamist|
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