The British Rail Research Division was a division of the state-owned railway company British Rail. It was charged with conducting research into improving various aspects of Britain's railways, particu
APT-E at National Railway Museum Shildon
The prototype railbus LEV1
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The Advanced Passenger Train was a tilting high speed train developed by British Rail during the 1970s and early 1980s, for use on the West Coast Main Line. The WCML contains many curves, and the APT
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…Freight Vehicle and railbuses, which led to the introduction of the Class 140. One of its projects that gained particularly high-profile coverage was the Advanced Passenger Train (APT), a high-speed tilting train intended for BR's Intercity services. However, due to schedule overruns, negative press coverage, and a lack of…
APT-P at Preston station.
Driving controls of the Advanced Passenger Train (APT-P) at Crewe Heritage Centre.
Superelevation was applied to portions of the BR network, although the angle was limited. Here, an InterCity 225, based on APT technology, rounds a canted turn on the East Coast Main Line.
In contrast to APT, HST was a huge success.