It's 30 years since the Advanced Passenger Train carried its last passengers. But did it in fact change the world?

Think of tilting trains and most people remember the ill-fated Advanced Passenger Train. Believe it or not, it is now 20 years since the APT was scrapped. Passengers using it complained of feeling ...

Not only are these trains a considerable success, but this success is founded on the scientific knowledge that was generated within Britain as part of the Advanced Passenger Train programme in the ...

Sir Richard Branson was today unveiling a 140mph tilting train which will slash journey times on a key London to Scotland route.

Combining the contentious 'tilting' technology of the Advanced Passenger Train with Alstom's ETR 401s, the Pendolino was the first to bring comfortable tilting to British rails - and at speeds of ...

British Rail's prototype advanced passenger train tilting train unit, it made its first run on July 25, 1972, from Derby to Duffield.

VIRGIN signalled the start of a new railway age when it unveiled its 140mph tilting trains on Monday and promised to slash journey times from Crewe.

Fifteen years ago this week British Rail's tilting Advanced Passenger Train (APT) was brought into scheduled service and then promptly withdrawn after three fateful days.It represented the cutting ...