Train Force

Power Rangers Train Force of the Power Rangers franchise ran from March 2025 to 25th December 2025. It was the first series produced by the joint-collaboration of BBC Essex and BBC London in cooperation with Toei and the BBC. It used the footage from the Super Sentai series Resha Sentai Toqger as its main source material. The series opened with The Line Of Mystery and concluded with Destiny Of The Trains.
==Overview & Plot==
Train Force introduces the Train Force Rangers. 
Five young people travel on the TFL Network on a regular basis as part of their daily routine in their lives. But they have several problems: they'll often arrive at a station only to find it's been taken over by the evil Shadow Line, they can't remember their life before using trains, and there are lost trains that need to be found.
==Production==
Train Force consisted of nine stories across 15 episodes. Its head writer was Andy Wilkins who succeeded Simon Bennett in the role, and thus the series was the start of what fans colloquially refer to as the "Wilko Universe era",
Under Wilkins' leadership, he was overseeing the production of Power Rangers and Kamen Rider alongside his project on Doctor Who.
However the decision to move the production making of the series from New Zealand to Wilkins' home city of Southend-On-Sea in the UK proved to be a new vision and one that was appreciated by those who had felt quite distant from the programme over the years of production overseen in New Zealand. Like Doctor Who's long term effect, Power Rangers was made for a UK audience at heart with saw an unexpected success with the British public following its return to its traditional Sunday evening viewing slots whilst ensuring it was also accessible on streaming platforms to those overseas following its Netflix deal which saw an increased budget for the programme in general.
==Cast==
Designation 	Name 	Actor
Central Line Ranger 	Ryan Smith 	Asa Butterfield
Piccadilly Line Ranger 	David Sampson	
Circle Line Ranger 	Isla Yvette 	
District Line Ranger 	Luke Hinds 	
Hammersmith & City Line Ranger	Simone Ryder 	Yasmin Finney
London Overground Line Ranger 	Dylan Everett	
=== Recurring=== 
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===Guest ===
Ranger 	Character 	Actor
Elizabeth Line Ranger	Carter Grayson	Sean Cw Johnson
==Television stories==
===Story formats and arc===
Train Force saw a recreation of the show's format for its episodes. 
Episode 9 would feature the return of the Dino Charge Rangers with footage used from the Toqger vs Kyoryuger movie whilst Episode 10 would feature the return of the Ninja Steel Rangers whilst also using footage from Ninninger vs Toqger. All three teams would share screen time with each other as a result of the two parter.
===Episodes===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
1 / 2 / 3 	The Line Of Mystery / Ways Of The Line / One Way Ticket 	Andy Wilkins 	Isaac Florentine	
4 	 	Marc Handler 	 	
5 	 	Becca Barnes 	 	
6 / 7 	Destination Overground / Spirit Of The GOBLIN 	 	Jonathan Frakes 	Introduction of the Overground Ranger.
8 	Fury Of The Rails 	Nina Metivier	Chloe Thomas 	
9 / 10 	A Dino Surprise / Secrets Of The Ninja Line 	 	Tom Vaughan 	Episode 9 would feature the return of the Dino Charge Rangers with footage used from the Toqger vs Kyoryuger movie. Episode 10 would feature the return of the Ninja Steel Rangers whilst also using footage from the Ninninger vs Toqger movie.
11 	 	John Tellegen	 	
12 	 	Sunil Nayar 	 	
13 / 14 / 15 	The Next Stop / Final Destination / Destiny Of The Trains	Andy Wilkins 	Bharat Nalluri 	
==Stories set during this season==
===Novels===
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===Audio stories=== 
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===Comics=== 
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=== Short stories===
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==Promotional trailers==
For the series, several promotional trailers were created, utilising shot footage of and 
*Several short, wordless five-second "stings" were also produced. These showed close-ups of the Train Force Zord. No series logo or title is shown, with only a snippet of the original Ron Wasserman theme effect to identify the programme.