Title: British Rail Class 221 - Wikipedia
Headings: British Rail Class 221
British Rail Class 221
Contents
Details
Formation and passenger facilities
Operations
CrossCountry
Avanti West Coast
Technical problems and incidents
Voyager names
Future
Fleet details
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: In addition four four-carriage sets were ordered to replace High Speed Trains on Virgin Trains ' North Wales Coast Line services to Holyhead. However all entered service with Virgin CrossCountry. In November 2010, Virgin Trains reformed its three four-car sets into two five-car sets and a residual spare two-car set by inserting the two intermediate (non-driving) cars from 221144 into 221142 and 221143, giving 20 five-car sets (and two spare driving cars). This was aimed at providing more flexibility and consistency in operating Birmingham-Scotland and London-North Wales services. In 2017 a further reformation took place, allowing 221144 to be returned to traffic with CrossCountry, now operated by Arriva, involving the exchange of some vehicles between Virgin and CrossCountry and the reduction of two CrossCountry sets to four car formations. All vehicles are air-conditioned and fitted with Wifi provided by T-Mobile. On some units, the at-seat audio entertainment system is still present however it has now been disabled since the WiFi hot spots were introduced. Power sockets are also available for laptop computers and mobile-phone charging. First-class accommodation has 2+1 seating, standard class 2+2 seating. Virgin Trains' units are fitted with CCTV.