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|construc = BR Doncaster
|status = In service
|carno = 9220E9220|livery = BR Crimson & Cream|othernos = E9220, M9220
|designed =
|diagram = 183
|lot = 30170
|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type BSO|BSO]]
|topscode = [[:Category: Carriage Type BSO|AE21]]
|seats = 39 standard
|built = 1955
|years6 =
|events6 =
}}9220 is a BR Mark 1 Brake Standard Open (BSO) 9220 was built at Doncaster in 1955 to diagram number 183 of lot number 30170.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> Seating capacity is reduced from 64 passengers in the normal ‘Open Second’ to 39 passengers, by provision of a Guard’s compartment and luggage compartment.
==Service and preservation==9220 was built at Doncaster in 1955 to diagram number 183 (AE201), It began life in BR's Eastern Region but later moved to the Midlands Regionin October 1968.<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.83. It </ref> 9220 arrived on the SVR in February 1973 from Leicester, where it had been where it was in use as a guards training vehicle.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref><ref name = SVRT>SVR Charitable Trust</ref> It received a full overhaul at Bridgnorth after arrival, and is now in Crimson and Cream livery.
9220 is seen photographed at Bewdley in April 2015. It has been owned by the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] since 2007.<ref name = SVRT/>
