The world's most luxurious rail station

The world's most luxurious rail station that the King of Saudi Arabia has ordered to be built in just four years, the amount of time it took London workers to renovate just one station. The Metro hub in capital, Riyadh, looks more like interior of five-star hotel. It will boast marbled passages and gold-plated walls in space-age design, London-based architect Zaha Hadid behind impressive scheme.

Commuters on London Underground will no doubt cast an envious eye at these pictures of what will shortly become the world's most luxurious metro system. Looking more like the inside of five-star hotel, the proposed network, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will boast a space age design featuring marbled walkways, gold-plated walls and, naturally in one of the hottest places on earth, air conditioning. The facade will apparently be designed to let in light while keeping out the harsh desert sun, while the overall shape is meant to recall the country's wind-blown sand dunes.

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