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Blow on hopes for 140mph London trains; Virgin told track may never cope with top speed
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TRAIN passengers will have to wait until 2006 for high-speed
Glasgow to London services, it was announced today.
Furious rail bosses have delayed the launch of 125mph services for
another four years - and have been told the track may never cope with
the trains' 140mph top speed.
Virgin had planned to start running new tilting trains on the
route this year.
The company wanted to slash journey times between Glasgow and
London by one hour and invested (pounds) 600million i...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Tilting trains on track.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; NEW tilting trains are to be introduced by Virgin to services on their Cross Country franchise in the Midlands by 2001. The company has already announced the introduction of the revolutionary trains on the West Coast main line between Birmingham and London Euston from May, 2001. The fresh
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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DELAYS AHEAD FOR BRANSON'S TILTING TRAINS.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; SIR Richard Branson has taken delivery of the first of the 52 tilting trains to run on his company's London-Scotland West Coast line. But it is uncertain whether the Virgin trains will ever operate at their top speed of 140mph. Even if the 140mph speeds get the go ahead, they may not be able to be
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Leaves force tilting trains to slow.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Barrie Clement Transport Editor VIRGIN HAS been forced to cut the speed of its new tilting trains because the brakes cannot cope with the age-old problem of leaves on the line. In recent weeks, the Pendolino trains have twice gone through red signals and hit the buffers twice at Liverpool's
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Leaves on line force tilting trains to slow.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Barrie Clement Transport Editor VIRGIN HAS been forced to cut the speed of its new tilting trains because the brakes cannot cope with the age-old problem of leaves on the line. In recent weeks, the Pendolino trains have twice gone through red signals and hit the buffers twice at Liverpool's
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Tilting trains 'make us feel sick'.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; Byline: CHRISTOPHER LEAKE MANY passengers and staff say Virgin's new tilting trains make them feel sick. But if anyone complains, all they are offered is a glass of water. Travellers say the [pounds sterling]11million Italian-built Pendolino trains are so smooth they have suffered a 'subtle
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