Rapi:t Train from Kansai Airport to Namba

The Rapi:t are  express trains running from Kansai International Airport to Namba Station in Osaka.   I’d describe their design  as retro-futuristic as they look like they were thought up in the 50’s as “trains of the future”. I wonder if the architect actually did aerodynamic testing or based his design on something else….

Gigantor / Tetsujiin #28

Depending on the number of stops, the train is the named either  rapi:t α  and rapi:t β.

A quick tip for anyone naming products (or indeed children) – please stick with your basic letters A to Z. Otherwise hardly anyone can spell your product or find it on Google.

(Even Pentax made this mistake naming its first digital SLR the unpronounceable *ist )