page_title: Tilting train
section_title: Tilting trains around the world
hierarchical_section_title: Tilting train / Tilting trains around the world
caption_attribution_description: E5 Shinkansen series E523-1
context_page_description: A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train experience centrifugal force. This can cause packages to slide about or seated passengers to feel squashed by the outboard armrest, and standing passengers to lose their balance. Tilting trains are designed to counteract this; by tilting the carriages towards the inside of the curve it compensates for the g-force. The train may be constructed such that inertial forces cause the tilting, or it may have a computer-controlled powered mechanism.
  The first passive tilting car design was built in the US in 1937, and an improved version was built in 1939. The opening of WWII ended development. Talgo introduced a version based on their articulated bogie design in 1950s, and this concept saw use on a number of commercial services. Among these was the UAC TurboTrain, which was the first tilting train to enter commercial service in 1968 in the USA and Canada.
context_section_description: Trains with tilting by inertial forces (passive tilt):
  Talgo XXI (Spain)
  UAC TurboTrain (United States, Canada)
  JNR 381 series (Japan), introduced in 1973 by the former Japan National Railways. Currently used by JR West for Yakumo limited express services.
  Trains with tilting initiated by inertial forces but regulated by computer:
  JR Shikoku 2000 series (Japan, 1989), the first tilting DMU in the world. Currently used on numerous limited expresses in Shikoku, including Ashizuri, Ishizuchi, Nanpū, Shimanto, Shiokaze, Uwakai, and Uzushio. The upgraded N2000 Series was introduced in 1995.
  JR Hokkaido KiHa 281 series (Japan, 1992), branded Heat 281 or Furico 281. Used on the Super Hokuto limited express service.
  JR Hokkaido KiHa 283 series (Japan, 1992), branded Furico 283. Used on Super Ōzora, Super Hokuto and Super Tokachi limited express services.
  JR Shikoku 8000 series (Japan, 1992). Used on limited express services on the Yosan Line, namely Ishizuchi and Shiokaze.
  JR East E351 series (Japan, 1993), formerly used on the Super Azusa limited express.
  Chizu Express HOT7000 series (Japan, 1994), used on the Super Hakuto limited express.
  JR Central 383 series (Japan, 1994), used on the Wide View Shinano limited express.
  JR Kyushu 883 series (Japan, 1994), used on the Nichirin, Huis ten Bosch and Kamome limited expresses.
  JR Kyushu 885 series (Japan, 1999), used on the Kamome and Sonic limited expresses.
  JR Hokkaido KiHa 283 series (Japan, 1995), branded Furico 283 and used on the Super Hokuto, Super Ōzora, and Super Tokachi limited expresses.
  JR West 283 series (Japan, 1996), used on the Kuroshio limited express.
  JR Kyushu 885 series (Japan, 1999), used on the Kamome and Sonic limited expresses.
  JR West KiHa 187 series (Japan, 2001), used on the Super Inaba, Super Matsukaze, and Super Oki limited expresses.
  TRA TEMU1000 series (Taiwan, 2007) use for Taroko Express, based on JR Kyūshū 885 Series.
  Tilt Train by QR, diesel and electric tilting Traveltrains (Australia), operating between Brisbane and Cairns. Electric Tilt Train is based on the JR Shikoku 8000 series.
  Trains with active tilt controlled with sensory information given by accelerometers:
  LRC designed by MLW before being bought by Bombardier (Canada)
  Trains with tilting controlled by a computer:
  Acela Express (United States), a Bombardier-built high-speed tilting train operating between Boston and Washington, D.C.
  Advanced Passenger Train (United Kingdom), a British Rail project for high-speed inter-city tilting trains that saw limited service in the 1980s, from London Euston to Glasgow.
  British Rail Class 390 "Pendolino" (United Kingdom), a high-speed train run by Avanti West Coast from London Euston to Liverpool/ Manchester / Glasgow / Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
  Alfa Pendular (Portugal)
  ElettroTreno (Italy)
  ICE-T, also called ICT (Germany), a tilting version of the ICE
  ICN (Switzerland), a new generation of tilting trains operated by Swiss Rail, a Bombardier-built high-speed tilting train operating between Zurich and Geneva.
  JetTrain (North America), Bombardier's experimental non-electric high-speed train
  NSB Class 73 (Norway)
  SŽ series 310 (InterCitySlovenija), a high-speed tilting train operating between Ljubljana, Maribor and Koper
  RegioSwinger (Germany and Croatia), a diesel regional tilting train. In Croatia (Croatian Railways) the train operates the premium brand services InterCity Nagibni (ICN) on the routes Zagreb–Osijek, Zagreb–Varaždin, Zagreb–Split, and Zagreb–Rijeka
  Pendolino (Italy, Finland, United Kingdom, and Czech Republic), built by Alstom (formerly Fiat); see also the British Rail Class 390 and Finnish VR Class Sm3.
  Super Voyager, a Bombardier-built high-speed tilting train operating between London and Holyhead / Wrexham / Chester and Birmingham to Edinburgh or Glasgow.
  X2 (Sweden), with tilting mechanism of ABB. It was also used in China under the name Xīnshísù.
  JR Hokkaido KiHa 201 series (Japan, 1996), used for metro-style commuter locals and rapids around Sapporo.
  JR Hokkaido KiHa 261 series (Japan, 1999), branded Tilt 261. Used on the Super
caption: E5 Series Shinkansen
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