曾经轰动一时的APT列车前途渺茫。现有的三列APT列车由于可靠性达不到要求,无法投入伦敦与格拉斯哥之间的正式运营。现在,英国铁路已经放弃在这方面的努力。虽然今后还有可能临时用于载客运行,但是这三列原型列车将来只不过是供“工程发展”之用的试验车,而非正式运营的列车。现已决定,将来任何时候,APT列车都不再使用液力制动机,而由盘形制动机代替。更重要的是,由于关节连接的原型列车乘座舒适性很差,要将有故障的车辆从列车中搞出的困难很大,还要取 The once-sensational APT train has a slim future. The existing three-row APT train failed to meet the formal operation between London and Glasgow because of unreliability. Now, British Rail has given up its efforts in this area. Although it may be temporarily used for passenger transport in the future, these three prototype trains will in the future be merely test vehicles for “project development” instead of trains operated formally. It has been decided that, at any time in the future, APT trains will no longer use the hydraulic brake, instead of the disc brake instead. More importantly, due to the poor seating comfort of articulated prototype trains, it is very difficult to get a faulty vehicle out of a train,