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Class 22x 3 classes
Bombardier's Class 22x diesel trains: the Voyager (Class 220), the tilting Super Voyager (221) and the Meridian (222).
The classes side by side
Whole trains at one scale. Each name links to its class page.
Schematic side elevations from each train's recorded dimensions, standing on the same rail. Choose 1× to see them at the stated 10 px per metre, or 2× or 4× to look closer, and scroll or drag sideways; Full screen shows the line-up alone. Drawings labelled indicative are estimates, from photographs and published figures, where no dimensioned drawing has been published. Lengths are over couplers where published; “about” marks one added up from the cars and the couplers between them, as drawn. People are seats plus standing at five per square metre, where both are published; otherwise seats are shown where published, so sorting by capacity puts a seats-only figure among the people figures, and trains with neither come last. Compare any two or three trains →
The classes
| Class | Lines and operators | Since | Trains | Formation | Power | Car length | Doors per side | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 220 Voyager | CrossCountry | 2001 | 34 | 4 cars: coach A (first class, with a cab) to coach F; two units often run together as eight cars | Diesel-electric: a Cummins engine (559 kW) and alternator under every car, feeding two traction motors; 2,240 kW a unit | 75 ft 6 in23.00 m to 78 ft 3 in23.85 m | 2 | 202 |
| Class 221 Super Voyager | CrossCountry, Grand Central | 2002 | 38 | 5 cars (32 of CrossCountry's 36) or 4 cars (4): coach A (first class, with a cab) to coach F | Diesel-electric: a Cummins engine (559 kW) and alternator under every car, feeding two traction motors; 2,800 kW a five-car unit | 75 ft 6 in23.00 m to 78 ft 3 in23.85 m | 2 | 264 |
| Class 222 Meridian | EMR, Lumo | 2004 | 27 | 5 cars (DMF-MC-MSB-MS-DMS) | Diesel-electric, a Cummins QSK19 engine under each car | 75 ft 6 in23.00 m to 78 ft 3 in23.85 m | 2 | 240 |
What they share, and how they differ
Shared
- Car width: 8 ft 11 in (2.73 m).
- Car length: 75 ft 6 in (23.00 m) to 78 ft 3 in (23.85 m).
- Doors per side: 2 on every class.
Sources
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- Class 222 Eversholt RailEversholt: the Class 222 as part of Bombardier's Class 22x high speed diesel electric multiple unit range
- Diesel Electric Multiple Unit, Class 220 'Voyager' - United Kingdom (project page, with technical data) Bombardier Transportation (archived copy), archived 27 December 2017Bombardier's page for the Class 220 Voyager
- Diesel-Electric tilting train Class 221 'Super Voyager' - United Kingdom (project page, with technical data) Bombardier Transportation (archived copy), archived 27 December 2017Bombardier's page for the Class 221 Super Voyager
Each class's own page lists the sources for its figures.
unverified Eversholt names the Class 22x range for the 222; the 220 and 221 are placed by their numbers and by Bombardier's own Voyager and Super Voyager pages
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