Elsbridge

Station Guide

Dryaw (*Branch Line*)

**2014 Map**Callandale (*Loop Line*)
Sports Field Halt (*Branch Line*)
Hackenbeck (*Branch Line*)

**2014 Map**Crosby (*Loop Line*)
Maithwaite (*Branch Line*)

**Elsbridge** is a small town and station on Thomas' Branch Line and The Loop Line located in the Els Valley.

## Contents

* 1History
* 2Appearances
* 3Trivia
* 4Merchandise
* 5References

## History

Elsbridge serves as a junction station between Thomas' Branch Line and the Loop Line. Trains from the Main Line frequently connect with Thomas' services at this station, arriving via the Loop Line.

The station has a large overhead footbridge, four platforms, with a canopy covering two, and five through tracks. The station has a small yard, which has an engine shed and a carriage shed.

### *The Railway Series*

* **Tank Engine Thomas Again** - Thomas Goes Fishing and Thomas and Bertie
* **Percy the Small Engine** - Percy's Promise
* **Tramway Engines** - Woolly Bear
* **Really Useful Engines** - Stop Thief! (*mentioned*)
* **Thomas Comes Home** - Washout! (*mentioned*) and Toby's Megatrain
* **Wilbert the Forest Engine** - Percy's Porridge and Foaming at the Funnel
* **Thomas and Victoria** - Overloaded and Toby's Vintage Train (*mentioned*)
* **Thomas and his Friends** - Thomas and the Swan

#### Companion Volumes

* **1983** - Bertie the Bus and Thomas the Tank Engine
* **1984** - Thomas's Christmas Party
* **1986** - Thomas the Tank Engine Goes Fishing
* **1992** - Thomas and the Hurricane

* Television Series

### *Thomas & Friends*

* **Series 1** - Thomas and the Trucks, Thomas and the Breakdown Train, James and the Coaches, Thomas and the Guard, Thomas Goes Fishing, Thomas and Bertie, Tenders and Turntables, Coal, The Flying Kipper, Thomas in Trouble and Dirty Objects
* **Series 2** - Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Thomas and Trevor, Percy and the Signal, The Runaway, Better Late Than Never, Daisy, Percy's Predicament and Woolly Bear
* **Series 3** - Percy's Promise, Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and No Joke for James
* **Series 4** - Henry and the Elephant, Bulls Eyes, Thomas and the Special Letter, Special Attraction and Mind that Bike (*deleted scene*)
* **Series 8** - Thomas and the Circus (*cut*)
* **Series 19** - Wild Water Rescue (*mentioned*)

#### Specials

* **2015** - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (*name on signpost*)

#### Music Videos

* **Series 3** - Thomas' Anthem
* **Series 4** - Thomas' Anthem, Let's Have a Race, Toby and Really Useful Engine
* **Series 5** - Accidents Will Happen, Sir Topham Hatt, Come for the Ride and Percy's Seaside Trip

#### Learning Segments

* **Series 9** - What's New at the Station?
* **Series 10** - How Does Thomas Feel?

* Other Media

### Magazine Stories

* **1988** - Thomas in Trouble, James and the Tar Wagons, The Runaway, Better Late Than Never and Daisy
* **1989** - Bertie's Bumpy Road
* **2001** - Cool Down James!

Elsbridge also appears in the magazine story, Moonlight Stroll!

### Books

* **1986** - Thomas Goes to Town
* **1995** - Stop, Train, Stop!
* **2005** - Bertie
* **2016** - Thomas

### Audio Stories

* **2021** - Thomas and the Baby Tiger Rescue

## Trivia

* In the game Railway Adventures, it is incorrectly depicted as an airfield station, similar to Dryaw.
* According to a prop listing sold on the Prop Gallery, Elsbridge was originally intended to appear in the eighth series, episode *Thomas and the Circus*, however it was later cut.
* In the magazines, Sodor Trek and Leisure is located opposite the station.

## Merchandise

* Wooden Railway (*discontinued*)
* Bachmann (*discontinued*)
* Motor Road and Rail (*discontinued*)
* TrackMaster (*discontinued*)
* Capsule Plarail
* Hornby (*discontinued*)

## References

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**North Western Railway**Expand

**Ffarquhar Branch Line**Expand

**The Loop Line**