HC Deb 24 May 1972 vol 837 c387W
Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will report on the present position of experiments with the hovertrain.

Mr. Peyton

The RTV31 hovertrain test vehicle, which is approximately the size and shape of the eventual vehicle, but without passenger-carrying facilities is being operated up to the 70 m.p.h. limit of the existing 2,000 yards of low-level track. Development continues.