When was the first tilting train in the UK?

Following testing of gas-turbine powered prototypes, three electric trains were built in 1981. The APT's maiden Glasgow-to-London run happened on 7 December of that year. Journalists on board complained that the tilting mechanism caused motion sickness, nicknaming the APT queasy rider.



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