#5324· Class 222
British Rail Class 222
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2004· diesel multiple-unit train by Bombardier
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EMR 222104 at Nottingham: Superalbs· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Lumo British Rail Class 222: Cdriver14· CC BY 4.0
- 3. 222 022 Invest In Nottingham: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 222011 Euston to Nottingham - 24132880312: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. St Pancras railway station MMB A8 222006: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 60163 Tornado and 222003 Tornado 24 March 2009 Sheffield Midland station pic 3: User:Ultra7· Public domain
what is it?
The British Rail Class 222 Meridian is a type of diesel-electric multiple-unit high-speed passenger train capable of 125 mph (200 km/h). Twenty-seven sets were built by Bombardier Transportation in Bruges, Belgium, from 2003 to 2005. The Class 222 is part of the Bombardier Voyager family, bearing a similarity to the Class 220 Voyager and Class 221 Super Voyager trains currently operated by CrossCountry and Grand Central.
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 22 years ago, in 2004.
- 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.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2004
- in service from
- 2004
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Hull Trains, East Midlands Trains, Midland Mainline, Lumo, East Midlands Railway, ScotRail Trains (2022-)
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- Class 222
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q744926, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 222 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.