The Class 220 Voyager and Class 221 Super Voyager are diesel-electric high speed multiple units built by Bombardier for the British train operating company Virgin CrossCountry. As a result, they are the mainstay of long distance trains in Britain that do not terminate in London. Multiple Voyager units can be coupled together to make longer trains, but there are no gangways allowing passengers to walk between the units. Some people believe that Voyagers can be coupled to Virgin West Coast Class 390 EMUs. Despite the trains having the same type of couplers the trains cannot be coupled to them due to the different computer systems. A Class 220/221 can only be coupled to a Class 220/221.

The principal differences between the Voyager and Super Voyager fleet are that the Super Voyager consists [usually] of five carriages rather than the Voyager's four, and like the Pendolino can tilt when going around curves in order to allow higher speeds.

Midland Mainline's new Meridian trains are closely related to the Voyager fleet, although they have a revised front end and are, according to Bombardier Transportation, '80% new train'.

See also

• Virgin Trains
• Class 222 Meridian
• Class 390 Pendolino

External links

• Virgin Trains web site
• Voyager tour (from Virgin Trains)
• Voyager gallery (from Virgin Trains)