You can now have dinner in a vintage train carriage designed by Wes Anderson

Do you long to live in a Wes Anderson designed world?

How about just taking a trip in one of his dreamscapes, with dinner and a venture to somewhere around the UK?

A new offering gives you exactly that.

One carriage in the Belmond British Pullman (an iconic old-school train, for any non-spotters) has been redesigned by Wes Anderson himself, in a tribute to ‘the golden ages of cinema and travel’.

And now, tickets to take a journey in that carriage are on sale – starting from £400.

To be clear, that price tag isn’t just for some jazzy seats on your usual journey.

The Cygnus carriage also serves as a restaurant, and Pullman Dining tickets include a slap-up meal.

There are different packages to choose from, including a round-trip on a Sunday with a five-course Sunday lunch, and a journey to Bath that offers a four-course dinner with wine and champagne.

You can also book a private four-seater coupe for £1,800, or, if you’re feeling really fancy, you can hire the entire carriage (price available ‘on request’, so we imagine that comes at quite the cost), which allows for up to 26 guests.

Passengers who buy a ticket will be greeted by the train manager, who will usher them through priority boarding and make sure their champagne glass is never empty.

The carriage itself is pretty lovely, especially if you’re a Wes Anderson fan.

It’s an interior redesign of the Cygnus, which was built in the 1950s and featured in the 1972 film agatha, starring Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave.


Wes has transformed its look with pastel-pink ceiling details, plus green velvet seats, and stunning designs in the wood panels.

There are the colour combos, art deco styles, and bold, sharp lines you’ll know from Wes’s usual film designs, plus swan details to reference the carriage’s name and history.

‘I love trains,’ said the filmmaker. ‘I have often had the chance to invent train compartments and carriages in my movies.

‘So I was very eager to make something new while also participating in the process of preservation which accompanies all the classic Belmond train projects. They are keeping something special alive. An endangered species of travel which is nevertheless very suited to our time.’

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