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#OTD 1996: With British Rail's APT a fading memory, was it time to reintroduce tilting trains to Britain? | BBC Archive

🚄🌀 The Tilting Trains of Britain – Class 390 Pendolino Introduced in the early 2000s, the Class 390 Pendolino transformed high-speed travel on the West Coast Main Line. Built by Alstom, these sleek electric trains use tilting technology to glide smoothly around curves at up to 125 mph, cutting journey times between London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow. With their futuristic design, comfort, and reliability, the Pendolinos became the flagship of Virgin Trains, and today continue to serve

#class221 and #class220 trains coupled together leaving Derby station. The 221 Super Voyager class of train was built with a tilting mechanism which allows the train to lean over by up to 6 degrees when going around bends, the idea being that it allowed greater speed on the bends without causing passenger discomfort. That technology was based on the work done by British engineers in the development of the ill fated BR APT-e train. But, in 2008, Cross Country Trains disabled the tilting mechanism