So, the APT was designed to tilt as it went into curved track sections, rather like a motorbike on a winding road, allowing it to go up to 40% quicker than non-tilting trains.

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 ...

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Later, there were reports the train made passengers sick and there were other technical problems. Around #40-50 million was spent on the project, but in the mid-1980s, BR decided to scrap the APT.

LOCOMOTION: : The National Railway Museum at Shildon is delighted to be working with the APT-E Conservation & Support Group on an event to celebrate several key events in the APT project's history.

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.

Tilting trains will improve speed of trains at curves through existing tracks only by up to 15%, said managing director of K-Rail Ajith Kumar V., in an interaction with Engineers Club members here ...

Be enticed by the Class 390 'Pendolino' – one of the most intriguing trains ever built! Combining the contentious 'tilting' technology of the Advanced Passenger Train with Alstom's ETR 401s, the ...

It's 30 years since the Advanced Passenger Train carried its last passengers. In its short life it attracted scorn and mockery, but did the APT actually revolutionise the world of travel? Once ...