APT-E TAKES TO THE RAILS

Features of the British Railways experimental Advanced Passenger Train that is reported to offer the prospect of 250 km/hr on existing tracks and possibly 400 km/hr on new lines, and greatly extending the range of conventional steel-rail track by virtue of a suspension which combines a high critical speed and passage through curves without flange contact.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • WICKENS, A H
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 185-188
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 128
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; Passenger cars; Passenger service; Suspension systems; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced passenger trains
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041998
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 1973 12:00AM