222134 (?) running as 4 car?

[Julian W]

Have seen a 222 running as a 4 car in Sheffield station on the London slows a couple of times this week - does anyone know what happened to the fifth car? Was this the one which experienced the fire? Apologies if i've missed something obvious.

 

[185143]

222130 apparently but don't quote me on that. As to what happened to the other car I'm afraid I don't have the local knowledge for that-I only knew it was short from here lol!

 

[bb21]

Do you both mean 221s rather than 222s?

221141 is a four-car set and 221135 also has four cars atm with one car inserted into fire-damaged 220007.

 

[sd0733]

The original post must be 222s as it refers to the Sheffield slows, in which case a 4-car 222 is quite normal. EMT have 4 ex-Hull Trains units (222101-222104) which are, and always have been 4 car units.

 

[XCTurbostar]

I agree with what sd0733 said above.
This a little bit of a confusing thread since 221134 has always been a 5-coach unit and Class 222s aren't numbered as high as '34'.
Thanks,
Ross

 

[Julian W]

Hi, apologies for being unclear. Was referring to the EMT 222s.

I didn't know there were 4 coach units, thought it was just 5 and 7. Thanks for clearing it up.

 

[bb21]

I see. That makes more sense.

Yes, one of 222101-222104 it is likely to be then in that case.

I just thought that it would be unlikely that someone got the unit number wrong, rather than the class number (as a typo).