Advanced Passenger Train facts for kids

The Advanced Passenger Train (APT) was an experimental tilting High Speed Train developed by British Rail during the 1970s and early 1980s, which did not enter regular service.

Images for kids

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  Driving controls of the Advanced Passenger Train (APT-P) at Crewe Heritage Centre.

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  The period after nationalisation was marked with rapidly falling ridership levels.

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  Superelevation was applied to portions of the BR network, although the angle was limited. Here, a Class 91, based on APT technology, rounds a canted turn on the East Coast Main Line.

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  APT-E Power Car PC2 and Trailer Car TC1

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  In contrast to APT, HST was a huge success.

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  APT-P Driving Trailer Second (DTS) unit, in revised APT branding, with a black "mask" around the driver's window

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  APT-P Non-Driving Motor (NDM) unit, with Stone Faiveley AMBR pantograph

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  An APT-P at Carlisle in 1983

See also

In Spanish: Advanced Passenger Train para niños