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Re:The Shinkansen Story [video] by dingaling on Monday November 26, 2018 @02:06AM (#18531651)
That hasn't been strictly true since the tilting APT ran commercially in 1981. It was designed for sustained 160mph on 100mph line-curves.

The patents for the tilting mechanism were bought by FIAT who debugged the technology and it's now common on UK railways in the Pendolino trains.

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Re:The Shinkansen Story [video] by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday November 26, 2018 @07:43AM (#18532906)
Shame the Pendolinos very rarely (if ever) get up to full speed as our track maintenance and rail infrastructure in general is so poor.

The UK is also one of the most expensive places in the world to travel by rail, but that's a whole different story...

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