A week after Government-owned company East Coast announced it was in discussion to introduce a new 11-car Pendolino next July for a nine-month trial, The Herald has learned of serious doubts about the viability of the plan.
Plans to introduce the first tilting trains between Edinburgh and London have been attacked as shambolic after it emerged they would not be able to tilt and could require a £100 million track upgrade.
A week after Government-owned company East Coast announced it was in discussion to introduce a new 11-car Pendolino next July for a nine-month trial, The Herald has learned of serious doubts about the viability of the plan.