British Rail  DEMU Class 220 VOYAGER Bombardier

 (re-edit 31/08/2022)

High speed express train diesel-electric multiple units

high speed DMUs, max. speed 125 mph

The original Class 220 Voyager units were built by Bombardier Bruge/Wakefield 2000-2001

Contemporary and Heritage-Preserved, Diesel, Diesel-Electric and Electric Locomotives

Class 220 DMUs featured: 222001 220004 220005 220007 220012 220017 220018 220019 220023 220026 220029 220032 220033

My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

First in the class diesel-electric Class 220 DMU 220001 at York station with a CrossCountry Edinburgh to Penzance service train.

Class 220 Voyager 4-coach DMU 220018 leaving York Station with an Edinburgh - Reading CrossCountry passenger service (July 10th 2016)

Class 220 222026 (4-carriage set) CrossCountry services from Edinburgh to Exeter, speeding south of Northallerton (June 2015)

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Class 220 express DMU (2 x 4 car sets) 220004 entering Newcastle station with an Edinburgh to Plymouth CrossCountry service (above) Class 220 DMU set 220023 in the rear.

Class 220 express DMU (Class 220 220006, 220 006 set) leaving York northwards with a CrossCountry service from the West Country to Newcastle

Class 220 unit 220019 approaching Northallerton station with southbound CrossCountry train for Exeter.

Class 220 DMU 220007 at York station with a CrossCountry service from Plymouth to Edinburgh

A 2 x 4 car train headed by Class 220 express DMU 005 (220005) on an Edinburgh to Exeter St David's train, south of York at Colton Junction.

Profile of Class 220 driving cab carriage 60418 of a Class 220 4-car high speed DMU 220018 (CrossCountry livery, York, Feb 2014)

Profile of Class 220 carriage 60218 of a Class 220 4-car high speed DMU 220018 (CrossCountry livery, York, Feb 2014)

Profile of Class 220 carriage 60718 of a Class 220 4-car high speed DMU 220018 (CrossCountry livery, York, Feb 2014)

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Class 220 express DMU 220029 at Newcastle Station with a CrossCountry train service to Reading.

High speed CrossCountry train heading north, south of York, Class 220 unit 018 (DMU 220018).

Cross-Country train Class 220 220017 (220 017) at York Station, these connect the North-East of England and Scotland with the Midlands (eg Birmingham, Sheffield) and South-West of England (eg Cheltenham, Bristol, Plymouth, Penzance)

The Class 220 Voyager are a class of diesel-electric high-speed multiple-unit trains built by Bombardier Transportation between 2000 and 2001.

 

Virgin Cross-Country train standing in York Station.

 

Express passenger 4-car DMU CrossCountry train Class 220 arriving in York with a train from Edinburgh.

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The magnificent setting of Bristol Temple Meads Station, on the right a Class 220 high-speed DMU and on the left a Class 150 DMU

 

Class 220 DMU unit 220017 approaching Northallerton station with a CrossCountry express service train from Edinburgh to Exeter.

 

CrossCountry high speed diesel multiple unit Class 220 207 (4-car DMU 220207) waiting in Manchester Piccadilly with a train for Exeter St David's.

 

	Class 220 DMU 220012 (220 012), grey and pink livery of Cross Country trains

 

 

Class 220 007 (4-car DMU 220007) passing by Thirsk Station

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A Class 220 express 4-car DMU (220033) CrossCountry train from Newcastle Station to Reading.

 

Class 220 032 (4-car DMU 220032) train passing south through Northallerton station at high speed

 

Class 220/221 DMU approaching York station with a CrossCountry service from Plymouth to Glasgow Central (April 2018)

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My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

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