APT-P

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APT-P was the experimental tilting prototype of British Rail’s Advanced Passenger Train, built to test high-speed rail technology in the 1970s–80s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Rail train
experimental tilting train prototype
high-speed train prototype
category British experimental rail vehicles
prototype trains
tilting trains
country United Kingdom
designedFor high-speed operation on existing conventional tracks
developedBy British Rail Research Division NERFINISHED
era 1970s
1980s
influenced later tilting train designs
introduced late 1970s
nameMeaning Advanced Passenger Train – Prototype NERFINISHED
notableFor pioneering active tilt in British mainline service trials
operator British Rail NERFINISHED
partOf Advanced Passenger Train programme NERFINISHED
powerType electric multiple unit
purpose development of Advanced Passenger Train
test active tilting technology
test high-speed rail technology
railwayCompany British Rail Engineering Limited NERFINISHED
railwayNetwork British Rail NERFINISHED
relatedTo APT-E NERFINISHED
APT-S NERFINISHED
serviceType passenger
status experimental
successor APT-S NERFINISHED
tiltingSystem active tilting
trackGauge standard gauge
usedFor test runs on West Coast Main Line

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