#5248· BR Class 221
British Rail Class 221
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2002· Diesel Electric Multiple Unit Train which is currently used by CrossCountry Trains
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 221114 at Basingstoke 05 09 25 (54767645996): Foulger Rail Photos from Basingstoke, UK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 221-127 Cross Country Leamington 18-06-15 (18747695939): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. British Rail Class 221 bicycles: My another account ( talk )· CC0
- 4. Class 221 Super Voyager DMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Shackleton- Super Voyager: Ben Coulson· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 221108 Sir Ernest Shackleton: AmosWolfe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Class 221, Vicar's Cross: Rept0n1x· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager is a class of tilting diesel-electric multiple unit express passenger trains built in Bruges, Belgium and Wakefield, by Bombardier Transportation in 2001–02. The class is similar to the Class 220 Voyager, but was built with a tilting mechanism. Additionally, most have five coaches, and they have a different bogie design.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 24 years ago, in 2002.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- Still in service after 24 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- CrossCountry
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- BR Class 221
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q606882, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 221 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.