The Class 222 ‘Meridian’ (EX-East Midland Railway) "LUMO" No.222005 was passing at Carlisle.

The British Rail’s Diesel-Electric Multiple-Unit High-Speed Passenger Train is Class 222 ‘Meridian’ EX-East Midland Railway No.222005 in the New Future of “West Coast, LUMO”, and was passing through over the Platform Four was right here at the Carlisle Citadel Station, on Wednesday 11th March 2026.
[Basis of The Class 803 is “East Coast, LUMO”]


The British Rail Class 222 is a Group of Five or Seven-Car Diesel-Electric Multiple-Unit High-Speed Passenger Train was introduced in 2003 they were designed to capable of 125mph (200 km/h) and also are Twenty-Seven Sets were Built by Bombardier Transportation in Bruges, Belgium from 2003 to 2005. The Class 222 is part of the Bombardier Voyager family, bearing a similarity to the Class 220 Voyager and Class 221 Super Voyager trains currently operated by CrossCountry and Grand Central. Originally built for Midland Mainline and Hull Trains, today the class is operated by East Midlands Railway and is branded as the Meridian fleet.
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All are scheduled to be returned to Eversholt Rail Group in the future once Class 810 units replace them entirely on EMR Intercity services.
In June 2025, it was announced that Lumo is going to lease 5 six-car Class 222 units. These will operate a service from London Euston to Stirling.

In Future on 2025, ScotRail began a procurement process for a New Suburban Train Fleet. A separate procurement process for the financing of the new fleet was begun in February 2026.
On March 19th 2026, ScotRail announced it would lease 22 Five-Car Class 222 Units to Replace the current Inter7City Fleet of Class 43 HSTs. They will undergo an £80 millions overhaul and refurbishment programme undertaken by Alstom, with the first train scheduled to enter service in late 2027.



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