The United Kingdom is The Mainland of Sodor.
Location[]
The Mainland (United Kingdom) is located across the Walney Channel from Sodor and is accessed via the Vicarstown Bridge. Barrow-in-Furness is the nearest mainland station and town to Sodor. Sodor itself bridges the bay between Barrow and the Isle of Man, reducing what would otherwise be a swath of open sea into a narrow strip of water named Faarkey-Y-Sudragh ("Sudrian Sea").
Named Locations[]
Certain locations on the Mainland have been mentioned by name in both the Railway Series and the television series. These include:
Barrow-in-Furness[]
The Railway Series
- The Eight Famous Engines - Percy Takes the Plunge and Gordon Goes Foreign
- Duck and the Diesel Engine - Domeless Engines
- Enterprising Engines - Escape
- Gordon the High-Speed Engine - Fire Escape and Gordon Proves His Point
- Henry and the Express - Out of Puff
Thomas & Friends
- Series 19 - Reds vs. Blues (mentioned)
Bluebell Railway[]
The Railway Series
- Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine - Bluebells of England, Stepney's Special, Train Stops Play (mentioned) and Bowled Out (mentioned)
Thomas & Friends
- Series 4 - Rusty to the Rescue (mentioned) and Bowled Out (mentioned)
Bournemouth[]
The Railway Series
- Toby the Tram Engine - Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas (mentioned)
- Thomas's Christmas Party (mentioned)
Thomas & Friends
- Series 1 - Thomas' Christmas Party (mentioned, Ringo Starr narrations only)
Bridlington[]
Thomas & Friends Specials
- 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
Brighton[]
Thomas & Friends Specials
- 2015 - The Adventure Begins (mentioned)
Bristol[]
The Railway Series
- Duck and the Diesel Engine - Domeless Engines (mentioned)
Carlisle[]
The Railway Series
- Gordon the High-Speed Engine - Gordon Proves His Point (mentioned)
Carnforth[]
The Railway Series
- Thomas and the Great Railway Show - Museum-Piece (mentioned)
Crewe[]
The Railway Series
- Henry the Green Engine - The Flying Kipper (mentioned) and Henry's Sneeze (mentioned)
- Enterprising Engines - Tenders for Henry (mentioned)
- Henry and the Express - Overhaul (mentioned)
- Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines - Birdstrike (mentioned)
Thomas & Friends
- Series 1 - The Flying Kipper (mentioned) and Whistles and Sneezes (mentioned; only in UK version)
Doncaster[]
The Railway Series
- Enterprising Engines - Tenders for Henry (mentioned)
- Gordon the High-Speed Engine - High-Speed Gordon (mentioned)
Great Yarmouth Docks[]
The Railway Series
- Toby, Trucks and Trouble - Toby's Seaside Holiday
London[]
The Railway Series
- Toby the Tram Engine - Toby and the Stout Gentleman (mentioned)
- The Eight Famous Engines - Gordon Goes Foreign (Euston, King's Cross, Paddington and St. Pancras station; mentioned), Double Header (mentioned) and The Fat Controller's Engines
- Thomas Comes Home - Snow Problem (mentioned)
- Henry and the Express - Out of Puff (mentioned)
- Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines - Birdstrike (mentioned)
- Thomas and his Friends - Buffer-Bashing (mentioned) and Gordon's Fire Service (mentioned)
Thomas & Friends
- Series 4 - Thomas and the Special Letter
- Series 17 - The Thomas Way (Paddington Station)
- Series 24 - Thomas and the Royal Engine
Specials
- 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures! (Buckingham Palace)
Lydney[]
The Railway Series
- Wilbert the Forest Engine - Cab Over Wheels (mentioned)
National Railway Museum[]
The Railway Series
- Thomas and the Great Railway Show - Museum-Piece (mentioned), Not the Ticket, Trouble on the Lineand Thomas and the Railtour
- Thomas Comes Home - Thomas Comes Home (mentioned)
Norfolk[]
The Railway Series
- Toby, Trucks and Trouble - Toby's Seaside Holiday
Plymouth[]
The Railway Series
- Duck and the Diesel Engine - Domeless Engines (mentioned)
Skipton[]
The Railway Series
- Thomas and the Great Railway Show - Museum-Piece (mentioned)
York[]
The Railway Series
- Thomas and the Great Railway Show - Museum-Piece (mentioned), Not the Ticket, Trouble on the Lineand Thomas and the Railtour
- Thomas Comes Home - Snow Problem (mentioned)
Lake Windermere[]
The Railway Series
- Thomas and Victoria - Avalanche
Lakeside[]
The Railway Series
- Thomas and Victoria - Avalanche
Haverthwaite Tunnel[]
The Railway Series
- Thomas and Victoria - Avalanche
The Craneworks[]
Thomas & Friends
- Series 21 - Cranky at the End of the Line (mentioned)
The Steelworks[]
Thomas & Friends
- Series 22 - Seeing is Believing (mentioned)
Specials
- 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
- 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures! (mentioned)
Railways[]
The Mainland is home to a number of different railways. The main railway company on the Mainland is British Railways, however there are many others, some of which are listed here:
- Bluebell Railway
- Corris Railway
- Dean Forest Railway
- Ffestiniog Railway
- National Railway Museum
- Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
- Snowdon Mountain Railway
- Talyllyn Railway
- Toby's Old Tramway (Railway Series-only)
Rolling Stock[]
Locomotives[]
Railway Series only[]
Television Series only[]
Non-Rail Vehicles[]
Humans[]
Appearances[]
The Mainland has made several appearances in the Railway Series. In the television series, its first appearance was in the fourth series episode, Thomas and the Special Letter. In the CGI series, the Mainland has been mentioned several times and briefly seen whenever the Vicarstown bridge appears. Crovan's Gate was once used as a station on the mainland. The Mainland makes its first full appearance in The Great Race and appears in Journey Beyond Sodor and The Royal Engine