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JR once tagged trains with graffiti. Now he’s responsible for one of the most luxurious carriages in the world

JR transformed a 1900s train carriage into L’Observatoire, a $80,000-per-night luxury suite with bespoke European craftsmanship and hidden features on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.

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CNN By Tom Page and Gisella Deputato, CNN (CNN) — Once upon a time, artist JR was just another teenage rebel with a spray can, tagging trains in his native Paris. Not big, not clever, but nevertheless a confluence of interests at the start of an illustrious career. The street artist, photographer and Oscar-nominated filmmaker says he has always been a fan of trains. Commuting from the deprived outskirts of Paris into the city as a youngster, he …

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JR once tagged trains with graffiti. Now he’s responsible for one of the most luxurious carriages in the world

A playground for the slow travel elite, starting at $80,000 a night, the “L’Observatoire” suite aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is train travel, but not as you know it.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Friday, December 26, 2025.
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