STEEL ON STEEL FOR BRITISH RAIL

This report describes British Rail's advanced passenger train (APT). The success of the APT depends not on revolutionary power plant (it is powered by gas turbines) but on its suspension system. Modification of the ordinary railway wheel set facilitates high speed running even on existing track. Greater speeds can be achieved by modifications to the track which would also benefit normal services. Improved brakes mean that the APT will be compatible with existing signalling equipment. It is expected that the APT will eventually have to be succeeded by a completely new system as traffic is expected to increase to saturation point after its introduction. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  MacMillan Journals Limited

  4 Little Essex Street
  London WC2R 3LF,   England 
• Authors:
  • Wilson, J
• Publication Date: 1974-4-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 465
• Serial:
  • Nature
  • Volume: 248
  • Issue Number: 5448
  • Publisher: MacMillan Journals Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Braking performance; Gases; High speed rail; Passenger comfort; Railroads; Rapid transit; Speed; Tilting trains; Turbines
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced passenger trains; Railway
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096680
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1981 12:00AM