The Class 221 SuperVoyager is a train currently used by Virgin Trains and CrossCountry in the United Kingdom. They were built by Bombardier Transportation between 2000 and 2002 for the British train operating companies Virgin CrossCountry and Virgin West Coast. The first Class 221 SuperVoyager entered traffic between Birmingham and Brighton on 12 April 2002. The Class 221 SuperVoyagers are similar to the Class 220 Voyager units, but they are built with a tilting mechanism offering up to six degrees of tilt to allow faster speeds on curved tracks. They have a maximum speed of 125 mph (200 km/h).
The coach bodies, the engines and most of the equipment of the two Voyager train types are the same, but the bogies are very different; the Class 220 Voyager bogies have inside bearings which expose the whole of the wheel faces, whilst the Class 221 SuperVoyager bogies have a more traditional-looking outside-framed bogie. A five-car set provides 26 seats in first class and 224 in standard. A four-car set provides 26 seats in first class and 162 in standard. All vehicles are air-conditioned and fitted with at-seat audio entertainment systems and power sockets for laptop computers and mobile phone charging. Below are the technical details for the Class 221 SuperVoyager.
Engine
All coaches are equipped with a Cummins QSK19 diesel engine of 560 kW (750 hp) at 1800rpm. This powers a generator which supplies current to motors driving two axles per coach. 1200 miles can be travelled between refuellings.
Formation
There are 44 Class 221 SuperVoyager trains, numbered 221101 to 221144. 221101 to 221140 are five-car trains built for Virgin Cross Country. 221141 to 221144 are four-car sets which were intended for use by Virgin West Coast on the London - North Wales service. However, it has not worked out like this, and the North Wales trains are five-car sets from the Cross-Country batch, with the four car trains being used on Cross Country and Birmingham - Scotland workings.
The formation of a five-car Class 221 SuperVoyager is as follows:
Coach A - First Class and driving cab
Coach B - Standard Class
Coach C - Standard Class
Coach D - Standard Class with Shop/Buffet counter
Coach F - Standard Class (Quiet Zone) with driving cab and reservable space for four bikes
A four-car Class 221 SuperVoyager does not have a Coach B.
The first class coach has a yellow stripe on its front coupler to aid identification as a train approaches a station, as the nature of the Cross-Country network means that trains often get turned around.
All Voyagers are maintained at the Central Rivers depot near Burton-on-Trent, with limited maintenance also taking place at Crewe and Polmadie.
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