British Rail Class 221

The Class 221 SuperVoyager is a train currently used by Avanti West Coast 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).

British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager
Virgin CrossCountry SuperVoyager approaching Bristol Parkway on 4 May 2006
Constructed	2000–2002
Number built	44 trainsets
Number in service	44 trainsets
Specifications
Car length	23.85 m (78 ft 3 in) driving end cars 22.82 m (74 ft 10 in) other cars
Doors	Swing plug at vehicle ends
Articulated sections	Flexible diaphragm within unit only
Braking system(s)	Rheostatic and electro-pneumatic
Coupling system	Dellner