So, the APT was designed to tilt as it went into curved track sections, rather like a motorbike on a winding road, allowing it to go up to 40% quicker than non-tilting trains. It also included ...

It was the train-spotters' answer to Concorde, but for one key difference - the revolutionary tilting APT was scrapped shortly after its launch, 20 years ago on Friday, writes BBC News Online's ...

It's 30 years since the Advanced Passenger Train carried its last passengers. In its short life it attracted scorn and mockery, but did the APT actually revolutionise the world of travel? Once upon a ...