Class 222

The Class 222 fleet is leased to East Midlands Railway and are currently operational on the Midland Mainline.

They are part of Bombardier’s Class 22x high speed diesel electric multiple unit range. They offer a comfortable and relaxing passenger environment optimised for longer distance services with 125mph capability.

The fleet achieves consistent high reliability figures and unrivalled performance and is a class leading inter-city train fleet.

The fleet is currently configured as:

23 x 5 car units

4 x 7 car units

Features and Facts

manufacturer-01 Manufacturer: Bombardier
Entry into Service Entry into service: 2004-2005
Current fleet size-01 Fleet size: 143 vehicles
Unit Formation 5 car unit formation: DMF-MC-MS-MS-DMS
unit seating capacity 5 car unit seating capacity: First Class: 50, Standard Class: 190, Tip up: 10
Unit Formation 7 car unit formation: DMF-MF-MF-MS-MS-MS-DMS
unit seating capacity 7 car unit seating capacity: First class: 106, Standard class: 232, Tip up: 16
dimensions Dimensions of unit: 23m non driving vehicles, 23.85m driving vehicles
traction type Traction type: Diesel electric
Maximum speed-01 Maximum speed: 125mph
maximum acceleration Maximum acceleration: 0.80 ms-2
regen breaking Rheostatic braking
Accessible Accessible: TSI PRM compliant
CET toilets CET toilets: 2 x UAT, 2 x Standard (5-car unit), / 2 x UAT, 4 x Standard (7 car unit)
aircon Air conditioning
wifi WiFi
passenger information Passenger information system
cctv CCTV in all coaches
at seat power sockets At-seat power sockets
liuggage capacity Luggage stacks and overhead storage