Class 221 DEMU SUPER VOYAGER DMUs

Bombardier High speed express train diesel-electric multiple units DEMU

Class 221 are high speed DMUs (DEMUs), with a maximum speed of 125 mph.  Class 221 units built 2001-2002 Bombardier Bruge/Wakefield.  Class 221 trains consist of 4 or 5 units.  The British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager is a class of tilting diesel-electric multiple unit express passenger trains (a DEMU train)

Class 221 express DMU (DEMU) Super Voyager units featured: 221102 "John Cabot", 221104 "Sir John Franklin", 221111 "Ronald Amundsen", 221112 "Ferdinand Magellan", 221115 "Polmadie Depot", 221116, 22117 221118 221121 221127 221129 221130 221131 221135 221138 221141 221143 "Auguste Picard" 221223

There is a complete list of Class 221 train names at the end of this page.

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Class 221 DEMU Super Voyager (DMU 221123) train entering Newcastle Station with a CrossCountry service from Edinburgh to Plymouth (April 2023)

An Avanti West Coast DEMU Class 221 Super Voyager train heading south at speed through Nuneaton station with a Holyhead London Euston service (trainspotting March 2023)

CrossCountry operated DEMU/DMU Class 221131 (221 131) at York Station with the 0806 Edinburgh to Birmingham New Street service (January 2023).

Class 221 DMU/DEMU 221116 leaving Crewe station with an Avanti West Coast service from London Euston to Chester (March 2020).

Class 221 DEMU at high speed passing north through Tamworth station with a Virgin Trains London Euston to Holyhead service

Class 221 express DMU speeding through Northallerton station with an Edinburgh to Penzance CrossCountry service Oct. 2016).

On the right on platform 4 of Wigan North Western, a Virgin trains Super Voyager Class 221 DEMU 221112 "Ferdinand Magellan" with Glasgow Central to London Euston, and on the left a Class 390 Virgin train service from London Euston to Glasgow Central.

Super Voyager Class 221 221138 (5-carriage set) CrossCountry services from Edinburgh to Exeter, speeding south of Northallerton (June 2015)

Class 221 express Super Voyager DMU set 221138 at Newcastle station with an Edinburgh to Penzance CrossCountry train service.

Class 221 DMU unit 221118 train at Warrington Bank Quay station, with a Virgin Train service from Glasgow Central to London Euston via Birmingham New Street

Class 221 DMU unit 221127 leaving Northallerton with a CrossCountry train for Newcastle and Edinburgh. Car-set unit Class 221 127

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Virgin Trains High speed Class 221 DMU set 221117 (below first 4 cars of 8 car set) with a Glasgow to Birmingham train

Super Voyager Class 221 DMU 221127 at York station with an Edinburgh to Penzance CrossCountry service.

Bombardier built Virgin Trains Super Voyager Class 221 115 at Euston Station (Class 221 DMU 221115 is named "Polmadie Depot", which I visited in the early 1960s in the days of steam)

Express passenger 5-car DMU CrossCountry train, 'Super Voyager' Class 221 221121 (DMU 221 121) departing south from York station

The 5-car Class 221 Super Voyager is a class of express passenger diesel-electric multiple-unit built by Bombardier Transportation in 2001-2002. The Class 221 are very similar visually to the Class 220 Voyager units, but they were built with a tilting mechanism to facilitate higher speeds on curved sections of tracks to reduce train times. Class 221 trains have a maximum speed of 125 mph (200 km/h). The sets operated by CrossCountry (illustrated here) have had their tilting equipment disabled to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs, but the tilting equipment can be enabled or disabled at any time.

Examples of the CrossCountry Class 221 rolling stock - coaching stock

Profile of Class 221 135 express DMU 221135, driving cab carriage 60485

Carriage 60885 of the 5-car set of Class 221 135 (221135)

Carriage 60985 of the 5-car set of Class 221 135 (221135)

Carriage 60785 of the 5-car set of Class 221 135 (221135)

Profile of Super Voyager Class 221 135 express DMU 221135, driving cab carriage 60385

Class 221 104 (express Super Voyager DMU 221104 "Sir John Franklin") standing in Euston station

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Class 221 Super Voyager DMU unit 221111 "Ronald Amundsen" at Lancaster station with a Virgin service to Glasgow. Car-set unit Class 221 111

A 5-car express passenger DMU Super Voyager Class 221 heading south with a CrossCountry train at Colton Junction

CrossCountry Super Voyager train entering York station, lead by Class 221 129 (5-car express DMU 221129)

Unidentified Super Voyager Class 221 express DMU passing through Northallerton station at high speed with a CrossCountry express train from Exeter to Newcastle and Edinburgh.

Express CrossCountry train Super Voyager Class 221 express DMU 221 130 (221130) passes the Flying Scotsman at Leeds Stations.

Super Voyager Class 221 143 (DMU 221143 "Auguste Picard") approaching Nuneaton at speed with a train from Euston. Car-set unit Class 221 143

Class 221 131 (5-car Super Voyager DMU 221131) train passing south through Northallerton station at high speed. Car-set unit Class 221 131

 Super Voyager Class 221 express DMU 221141 with a Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads service. Car-set unit Class 221 141

Virgin Trains Express DMU Super Voyager Class 221 221104 "Sir John Franklin" at Crewe station. Car-set unit Class 221 104

 Super Voyager Virgin Trains express DMU Class 221 221104 at Crewe station with a service to London Euston. Car-set unit Class 221 104

Virgin train set Class 221 Super Voyager 221112 "Ferdinand Magellan" (Class 221 112) parked by Platform 1 at Carlisle station

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Class 221 Super Voyager express DMU 221102 "John Cabot" standing in Chester station with a Virgin Trains service from Holyhead to London Euston

 

Unidentified 5-car Class 221 EMU with a CrossCountry service to the south-west (June 2017)

 

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

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Current and previous names of Class 221 Super Voyager DMUs/DEMUs  (adapted from Wikipedia)

Class 221 Number	Class 221 Names	Class 221 Operator	Extra Notes on Class 221 units
221101	101 Squadron	Avanti West Coast	Was called Louis Blériot, only Voyager painted in Virgin Trains white 'Flowing Silk' livery
221102	John Cabot	Avanti West Coast
221103	Christopher Columbus	Avanti West Coast
221104	Sir John Franklin	Avanti West Coast
221105	William Baffin	Avanti West Coast
221106	Willem Barents	Avanti West Coast	Wore a branded livery to promote Festival No. 6 music event in Portmeirion, North Wales
221107	Sir Martin Frobisher	Avanti West Coast
221108	Sir Ernest Shackleton	Avanti West Coast
221109	Marco Polo	Avanti West Coast
221110	James Cook	Avanti West Coast
221111	Roald Amundsen	Avanti West Coast
221112	Ferdinand Magellan	Avanti West Coast
221113	Sir Walter Raleigh	Avanti West Coast
221114	Royal Air Force Centenary 1918-2018	Avanti West Coast	Was called Sir Francis Drake
221115	Polmadie Depot	Avanti West Coast	Was called Sir Francis Chichester. Wears a unique co-branded livery in partnership with Bombardier and Virgin Trains.
221116	City of Bangor / Dinas Bangor	Avanti West Coast	Was called David Livingstone. Wears a different nameplate on each side, one in English and the other in Welsh.
221117	The Wrekin Giant	Avanti West Coast	Was called Sir Henry Morton Stanley
221118		Avanti West Coast	Was called Mungo Park
221119		CrossCountry	Was called Amelia Earhart
221120		CrossCountry	Was called Amy Johnson
221121		CrossCountry	Was called Charles Darwin
221122		CrossCountry	Was called Doctor Who
221123		CrossCountry	Was called Henry Hudson
221124		CrossCountry	Was called Charles Lindbergh
221125		CrossCountry	Was called Henry the Navigator
221126		CrossCountry	Was called Captain Robert Scott
221127		CrossCountry	Was called Wright Brothers
221128		CrossCountry	Was called Captain John Smith
221129		CrossCountry	Was called George Vancouver
221130		CrossCountry	Was called Michael Palin
221131		CrossCountry	Was called Edgar Evans
221132		CrossCountry	Was called William Speirs Bruce
221133		CrossCountry	Was called Alexander Selkirk
221134		CrossCountry	Was called Mary Kingsley
221135		CrossCountry	Was called Donald Campbell
221136		CrossCountry	Was called Yuri Gagarin. This was originally a 5 coach unit, but was converted to 4 coaches.
221137		CrossCountry	Was called Mayflower Pilgrims
221138		CrossCountry	Was called Thor Heyerdahl
221139		CrossCountry	Was called Leif Eriksson
221140		CrossCountry	Was called Vasco Da Gama. This was originally a 5 coach unit, but was converted to 4 coaches.
221141		CrossCountry	Was called Amerigo Vespucci. This is a 4 coach unit.
221142	Bombardier Voyager	Avanti West Coast	Was called Matthew Flinders. This was originally a 4 coach unit, but was converted to 5 coaches.
221143	Auguste Picard	Avanti West Coast	This was originally a 4 coach unit, but was converted to 5 coaches.
221144		CrossCountry	Was called Prince Madoc. This is a 4 coach unit.

 

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