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Virgin XC Voyager (BR Class 220) on Durham viaduct
Photo by Gareth H |
Virgin Trains
(VT) Diesel Multiple Unit class 220 Unit is seen taking the Didcot 'Avoider' line. Photo: Alan F. Scott (afs87@yahoo.co.uk) |
Virgin Trains
(VT) Diesel Multiple Unit class 220 Unit is seen taking the Didcot 'Avoider' line. Photo: Alan F. Scott (afs87@yahoo.co.uk) |
An unidentified Arriva 220 heads south past Cullompton, Devon with the 07:05 Leeds to Plymouth express on Thursday, May 9th, 2008.
Photo by Michael Taylor, Binbrook, Ontario, Canada. (michael@michaeltaylor.ca) Website www.MichaelTaylor.ca |
220005 at Glasgow Central station, waiting to operate the 19:00 service to Edinburgh on Saturday, 22nd February, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Reid. |
220005 at Solihull on the 1st of August 2001.
Photo and scan by Alan Perryman (alanperryman@btinternet.com) |
Virgin Voyeger class 220 220006 under the bridge approuching Goathland station on the NYMR 28.4.02
Photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk |
Virgin Voyeger class 220 220006 at Grosmont on the NYMR 28.4.02
Photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk |
220008 at Motherwell station, operating the 06:28 service from Penzance to Glasgow Central on Thursday, 6th June, 2013.
Photo by Andrew Reid. |
Class 220 Virgin Voyager 220015 at Birmingham New Street. The unit appeared to be stabled as it was powered down on a track not adjacent to a platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna07/04/2006. |
Class 220 Virgin Voyager 220019 at Birmingham New Street.
Photo by Chris McKenna07/04/2006. |
220024 at Glasgow Central station, having just operated the 08:28 service from Penzance on Saturday, 1st February, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Reid. |
220025 at Edinburgh station, operating the 06:00 service from Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central on Monday, 17th February, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Reid. |
220026 arriving at Alnmouth station, operating the 13:06 service from Edinburgh to Plymouth along with 220034 on Monday, 27th January, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Reid. |
Virgin DMU class 220 Unit 220031 at Abbeywood - 26/05/07 Photo: Bruce Strong |
Virgin Trains 4-Car Class 220 'Voyager' DEMU Virgin Trains Class 220 'Voyager' 4-Car DEMU - 220034 'Yorkshire Voyager', arrives at Crewe wth an unidentified Virgin Trains service from the south on Mon 28th May 2007 at 17:48.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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220034 at Glasgow Central station, having just operated 1S35 0609 Bath Spa to Glasgow Central on Wednesday, 19th February, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Reid. |
A pair of Class 220 Virgin Voyager units climbing out of Totnes station towards Plymouth with a working from the North of England to Cornwall. 14 September 2003.
Photo and copyright Wayland Smith (wa231_2000@yahoo.co.uk) |
A pair of Virgin Voyager units pass the Teign estuary at Shaldon on September 13, 2003.
Photo and copyright Wayland Smith (wa231_2000@yahoo.co.uk) |
Virgin Voyager (class 220) DEMU at Cheltenham Spa, UK
Now the mainstay for cross-country services, The class 220 and 221 DEMUs are under-specified for the services they run. Apparently Virgin did not anticipate either the general increase in rail passenger numbers which has been experienced on cross-country services since they specified the trains in the late nineties, nor the massive increase in medium-length travel provoked by their own introduction of frequent half-hourly intercity services on the core Bristol/Reading-Birmingham-Manchester/York routes. Previously these routes had been served by infrequent regional services, frequent, but very slow stopping trains, and infrequent cross-country services. With Virgin trains all-but ceasing cross-country services to nearby Gloucester for the Winter 2003/4 timetable, Cheltenham Spa will become an even more important interchange station between cross-country trains and local services to Gloucester and the surrounding towns. To help alleviate this, Cheltenham Spa will re-gain its half-hourly stopping pattern on Virgin trains with the new timetable. Photo by Timothy Vince (le_random@yahoo.co.uk) |
A Class 220 Virgin Voyager heads northbound between Stapleton Road and Filton Abbey Wood railway stations, although this express service does not call at either, its previous calling point was Bristol Temple Meads and the next will be Bristol Parkway. This photograph was taken from Ashley Down Road on the opposite side of the valley.
Photo by Chris McKenna 01/12/2006. |
A Class 220 Virgin Voyager heads northbound between Stapleton Road and Filton Abbey Wood railway stations, although this express service does not call at either, its previous calling point was Bristol Temple Meads and the next will be Bristol Parkway. This photograph was taken from Ashley Down Road on the opposite side of the valley.
Photo by Chris McKenna 01/12/2006. |
A Virgin Trains super voyager DEMU class 220 is seen running through Bangor station in North Wales and is heading towards Holyhead. There is a Virgin Trains super voyager DEMU class 221 connected to the rear. Sunday the 1st of July 2007
Photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk |
Virgin Trains Class 220, 4-Car, DEMU Virgin 'Voyager Class 220 DEMU, 220001 'Somerset Voyager' passes through the South Lanarkshire village of Ravenstruther while in charge of the 13:50 Glasgow Central - Manchester Piccadilly 'Virgin Trains' passenger service on Fri 19th Jan 2007 at 14:18.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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An unidentified Class 200 or 221 Virgin Voyager heading towards Filton Abbey Wood and thence Bristol Temple Meads with a southbound Cross-Country service. This photograph was taken through the fence of the car park.
Photo by Chris McKenna19/01/2006. |
Class 220 seen at Portway April 2004.
Copyright belongs to Andrew Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk, photographs taken on Canon EOS10D. |
Class 220 Voyager unit seen at Leamington Spa 05 June 2003.
Copyright belongs Andy Ducker, photograph taken on Canon EOS 10D Digital Camera using telephoto lens. Due to dull weather some processing (mainly sharpening) was used using Photo Shop Paint v7 |
Class 220 non-tilting DMU awaits the right of way to Birmingham. This unit has been used as a passenger test bed working unadvertised train between Reading and Birmingham. Though unadvertised in the National Timetable, it has been advertised at station with a flat rate return fair payable on board.
[actually, the non-tilting version is class 220 (MvU)]
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Email address ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All pictures take by me on a Kodak DC260 Digital Camera, and slightly processed using Paint Shop Pro 5 |
Voayger unti seen passing Portway on 20 September 2003 towards Tamworth. Telephoto lenses adds a dramatic look to this photo at this attractive location.
Copyright belongs to author who can be emailed at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photograph taken on Canon EOS 10D |
Class 220 028 seen at Leamington Spa on 05 June 2003.
Copyright belongs Andy Ducker, photograph taken on Canon EOS 10D Digital Camera using telephoto lens. Due to dull weather some processing (mainly sharpening) was used using Photo Shop Paint v7 |
Unknown Xcountry Voyager seen south Of Colton Junction on 24/07/14.
Photo John Turner johnturner16@yahoo.co.uk |
Unknown CrossCountry trains Voyager Unit at Leeds on 09/01/16.
Photo John Turner johnturner16@yahoo.co.uk |
Virgin Trains Dmu (DE) 220 008 "Voyager" at Oxford, England with a service to Manchester on May 10 2004.
Photo taken on Olympus D-560 Digital Camera. Copyright belongs to Peter Carr (petercarr@sbcglobal.net) |
The uncommon sight of a Vrigin Voyager at Bath Spa railway station. This is Class 220 220027 Avon Voyager on a service to Plymouth diverted via Bath and Westbury, due to the Great Western Main Line being closed between Worle Junction, where the Weston-super-Mare loop diverges, and Cogload Junction where the West of England main line joins north of Taunton.
Photo by Chris McKenna 23/11/2006. |
The uncommon sight of a Vrigin Voyager at Bath Spa railway station. This is Class 220 220027 Avon Voyager on a service to Plymouth diverted via Bath and Westbury, due to the Great Western Main Line being closed between Worle Junction, where the Weston-super-Mare loop diverges, and Cogload Junction where the West of England main line joins north of Taunton.
Photo by Chris McKenna 23/11/2006. |
Unidentified Virgin train at Glasgow Central, getting ready to depart with the 12:05 service to Penzance, calling at Carlisle, Preston, Warrington Bank Quay, Crewe, Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street, Cheltenham Spa, Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads, Taunton, Tiverton Parkway, Exeter St Davids, Newton Abbot, Plymouth, Liskeard, Bodmin Parkway, St Austell, Truro, Redruth, Camborne, St Erth and Penzance.
Photo taken by Andrew Reid on Friday, 9th September, 2005. |
Unidentified Virgin train departing from Motherwell with a service to Bristol Temple Meads.
Photo taken by Andrew Reid on Friday, 6th May, 2005. |
A Class 220 Virgin Voyager heads northbound through Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset with a non-stopping Cross-country service.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
An unidentified Virgin Voyager DEMU speeds through Yatton railway station in North Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 09/08/2006. |
A Virgin Trains super voyager DEMU class 220 is seen standing on platform 6A at Sheffield station. This Virgin super voyager is working the 13:36 service to Penzance. Friday the 24th of August 2007
Photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk |
Class 220 Virgin Voyager departs Leeds on a southbound Cross-country service.
Photo by Chris McKenna26/02/2006. |
Well its not the same as the class 47 it replaced, but at least the Virgin Voyager has a stylish livery that is
seen here on its journey at Cholsey on the 20th August 2003. These DMUs are either class 220 or 221 for the tilting version.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
Two Virgin Voyager units catch the late afternoon sun as they cross the Royal Border Bridge on a southbound service from Berwick-upon-Tweed towards Newcaslte and beyond. As far as I can tell, this looks like a pairing of a 4 car class 220 and a 5 car class 221 unit. Photo by Chris McKenna 05/03/2005. |
An unidentified Class 220 Virgin Voyager DEMU crossing the King Edward VII bridge in Newcastle. Photographed from Newcastle Central station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. |
HISTORY. Well its fortunate I took this picture at Acton Mainline in September 2007 as Virgin Cross Country
services are to be taken over by Arriva so their distinctive livery on this Voyager will soon disappear.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
A northbound Virgin Voyager across the level crossing at Stoke Canon on 14 March 2005
James Robinson (J.Robinson@ex.ac.uk) |
A southbound Virgin Voyager passing Stoke Canon at speed, 14 March 2005
James Robinson (J.Robinson@ex.ac.uk) |
A Virgin Voyager at Taunton awaiting departure towards Bristol and the North, January 2005
James Robinson (J.Robinson@ex.ac.uk) |
Love them or hate them they are here to stay. This was one of our first sightings of a class 220 Voyager
at Crewe in the Summer of 2001. Gone now are Virgin X Country loco hauled trains and their HSTs...as of the
Autumn of 2003 its all Voyagers.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
Virgin Trains
(VT) Diesel Multiple Unit class 220 Picture shows the unit departing from Didcot Parkway station. Photo: Alan F. Scott (afs87@yahoo.co.uk) |
Virgin Voyager heading North through Pangbourne, 13 April 2004.
James Robinson (J.Robinson@ex.ac.uk) |
A Voyager streaks through Tilehurst (Reading-Didcot), heading Oxford. April 13 2004.
James Robinson (J.Robinson@ex.ac.uk) |
A slightly bad view of a southbound Voyager leaving Exeter St David’s on a winter’s evening in January 2005
James Robinson (J.Robinson@ex.ac.uk) |