Vicarstown

**Vicarstown** is the largest city on the far eastern side of Sodor and the final station on the Main Line before the bridge leading to the Mainland.

## History

In the third series, Vicarstown is portrayed as a station on the Other Railway and the changeover point for the North Western Railway. The station is small, with two platforms and three tracks. Immediately to the station's west is a large gantry signal box. Douglas was flagged down here by the yard foreman while helping Oliver and Toad escape scrap.

Since *The Great Race*, Vicarstown has been portrayed as a much larger station, consisting of eight platforms with a lower level beneath them. It is built in an elegant Victorian architectural style and covered by a glass roof, with clock towers and signal gantries at each end.

The station is situated atop a viaduct, which contains shops in several of its arches. An electric tramway runs along the roads underneath the viaduct, and a cathedral is located in the town nearby the station.

Since *Journey Beyond Sodor*, Rosie has been permanently reallocated as the main shunter here.

## Appearances

* **Series 1** - Tenders and Turntables (*mentioned*)
* **Series 3** - Escape
* **Series 4** - Sleeping Beauty (*map only*)
* **Series 5** - Bye George! (*map only*), Oliver's Find (*map only*) and Busy Going Backwards (*map only*)
* **Series 17** - Calm Down Caitlin (*mentioned*) and Gone Fishing (*mentioned*)
* **Series 18** - Not So Slow Coaches (*mentioned*), Flatbeds of Fear (*mentioned*), Toad's Adventure (*mentioned*), Thomas the Quarry Engine (*mentioned*) and Last Train for Christmas (*mentioned*)
* **Series 19** - Salty All at Sea (*mentioned*)
* **Series 20** - Letters to Santa (*mentioned*), All in Vain (*mentioned*) and Engine of the Future (*mentioned*)
* **Series 21** - Dowager Hatt's Busy Day (*mentioned*), P.A. Problems (*mentioned*), Philip's Number (*mentioned*), Emily in the Middle and Daisy's Perfect Christmas
* **Series 22** - Forever and Ever (*mentioned*), Confusion Without Delay, What Rebecca Does, Samson and the Fireworks and Rosie is Red
* **Series 23** - Free the Roads (*mentioned*), Chucklesome Trucks, The Other Big Engine (*photo only*), Steam Team to the Rescue and All Tracks Lead to Rome (*mentioned*)
* **Series 24** - Thomas and the Royal Engine, Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant, James the Super Engine, A New Arrival and Thomas' Animal Friends

#### Specials

* **2014** - Tale of the Brave (*mentioned*)
* **2015** - The Adventure Begins (*mentioned*)
* **2016** - The Great Race
* **2017** - Journey Beyond Sodor
* **2018** - Big World! Big Adventures!

## Trivia

* Before *Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure* was developed, Vicarstown was intended to return to the show in the original 2015 script of *The Great Race*. Additionally, three new trams were to be introduced to run the tramway around the town underneath the station.
* As seen in the concept art for the CGI series, several different designs were tested for Vicarstown Station before the final design was decided upon.
	+ In one concept, the station was on ground level, with access to streets without walking down.
	+ In another concept, the station's train shed was more level, with a gentle curve, unlike the final version.
* According to the concept art for the CGI series, Vicarstown's architecture is inspired by various stations including:
	+ Manchester Piccadilly station.
	+ Brighton railway station.
	+ Spa Road railway station.
	+ The colour scheme of the station is inspired by that of St. Pancras.
* From the twenty-second to twenty-fourth series, Vicarstown appears in every episode's end segment.
* In the French dub, Vicarstown is not referred to by name, but by epithet: "la ville des vicaires" (meaning: the town of the vicars).
* Vicarstown Drive in Columbus, Ohio, is named after the town.