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Now on Test - British Rail's Best - Staff Information

Document Summary

One of a series of leaflets produced to introduce BR staff to the APT concept. The programme of testing is covered, together with some basic technical details.

This document was published in 1978 by British Railways Board.

It was written by British Railways Board.

The original document format was Colour Leaflet, and comprised 2 pages.The original document can be found here.

This document was kindly sourced from Rob Latham and is in our Publicity material collection. It was added to the Archive on 7th December 2004.

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This document is © BRB (Residuary) Ltd.

"The APT project has now moved from the experimental stage with the delivery of the first vehicles to make up three pre-production trains destined for extensive commissioning and engineering trials on the main line between Glasgow and London. This means they will be making regular turns on the London Midland and Scottish Regions.

During the coming months you may well be involved with these trains or, at the very least, be asked questions by our customers who may spot them on test runs.

The purpose of this brochure is to explain to you the programme and purpose of the APT-Ps (short for electric pre-production Advanced Passenger Trains)."