Class 221 Super Voyager
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The Class 221 Super Voyager is a high-speed tilting diesel-electric multiple unit train used on long-distance intercity services in the UK rail network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class 221 Super Voyager canonical | 11 |
| compatible with Class 221 Super Voyager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1140225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Class 221 Super Voyager Context triple: [London Euston – Glasgow, usesRollingStock, Class 221 Super Voyager]
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A.
Class 220 Voyager
The Class 220 Voyager is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used on intercity services across the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 222 Meridian
The Class 222 Meridian is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity passenger services, particularly on routes operated by East Midlands Railway.
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C.
Titan IIIE
Titan IIIE was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle variant of the Titan III family, equipped with a Centaur upper stage and used in the 1970s to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 1 on interplanetary trajectories.
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D.
Voyager KC2
Voyager KC2 is an Airbus A330-based multi-role tanker transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air refuelling and strategic airlift operations.
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E.
Class 170 Turbostar
The Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple-unit train widely used for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Class 221 Super Voyager Target entity description: The Class 221 Super Voyager is a high-speed tilting diesel-electric multiple unit train used on long-distance intercity services in the UK rail network.
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A.
Class 220 Voyager
The Class 220 Voyager is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used on intercity services across the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 222 Meridian
The Class 222 Meridian is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity passenger services, particularly on routes operated by East Midlands Railway.
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C.
Titan IIIE
Titan IIIE was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle variant of the Titan III family, equipped with a Centaur upper stage and used in the 1970s to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 1 on interplanetary trajectories.
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D.
Voyager KC2
Voyager KC2 is an Airbus A330-based multi-role tanker transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air refuelling and strategic airlift operations.
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E.
Class 170 Turbostar
The Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple-unit train widely used for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel-electric multiple unit
ⓘ
high-speed train ⓘ passenger train ⓘ tilting train ⓘ |
| brakeType | electro-pneumatic brakes ⓘ |
| category |
British Rail diesel multiple units
ⓘ
linked to:
Voyager diesel-electric multiple units
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| couplingType |
Dellner coupler
ⓘ
linked to:
Dellner automatic couplers
|
| designedFor | curved mainline routes ⓘ |
| doorType | power-operated sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| family | Voyager family ⓘ |
| gauge | 1435 mm ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
air-conditioned coaches
ⓘ
first-class accommodation ⓘ on-board catering facilities ⓘ standard-class accommodation ⓘ tilting passenger saloons ⓘ |
| introduced | early 2000s ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Bombardier Transportation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bombardier
|
| maximumSpeed |
125 mph
ⓘ
200 km/h ⓘ |
| multipleWorking |
compatible with Class 220 Voyager
ⓘ
linked to:
Class 220 Voyager
compatible with other Class 221 units ⓘ |
| network | National Rail ⓘ |
| operator |
Avanti West Coast
ⓘ
CrossCountry ⓘ |
| owner | rolling stock leasing companies ⓘ |
| powerSupply | onboard diesel generation ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel engines driving electric traction motors ⓘ |
| purpose | high-speed intercity services ⓘ |
| regionServed | Great Britain ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British Rail Class 220 Voyager
ⓘ
linked to:
British Rail Class 220
|
| routeType | mainline ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
Automatic Warning System
ⓘ
On-Train Monitoring Recorder ⓘ Train Protection & Warning System ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity
ⓘ
long-distance passenger ⓘ |
| tiltingTechnology | hydraulic tilting system ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| traction | electric traction motors ⓘ |
| UICClassification | DMU ⓘ |
| usage | UK rail network ⓘ |
| usedFor |
West Coast Main Line services
ⓘ
cross-country intercity services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Class 221 Super Voyager Description of subject: The Class 221 Super Voyager is a high-speed tilting diesel-electric multiple unit train used on long-distance intercity services in the UK rail network.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Avanti West Coast (some units, historical/transition)
subject linked to:
Avanti West Coast (some units, historical/transition)
linked to: Class 221 Super Voyager