The Mainland

England, located in the United Kingdom, is The Mainland of Sodor.

Location
The Mainland 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.

National Anthem
The Mainland's national anthem is God Save the Queen. Which a music piece was heard in the end of a Fourth season episode, Paint Pots and Queens, to give honor to Queen Elizabeth II.

Named Locations
It is often just referred to as the Mainland, although it was once referred to as its proper name, England, however certain places have been mentioned by name in both the Railway Series and the television series. These include:

Railway Series

 * The Eight Famous Engines
 * Enterprising Engines
 * Duck and the Diesel Engine
 * Gordon the High-Speed Engine
 * Henry and the Express

Television Series

 * Season 19 - Reds vs. Blues (mentioned)

Railway Series

 * Toby the Tram Engine (mentioned)

Television Series

 * Season 1 - Thomas' Christmas Party (mentioned)

Specials

 * The Adventure Begins (mentioned)

Railway Series

 * Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine (mentioned)

Television Series

 * Season 4 - Rusty to the Rescue (mentioned)

Railway Series

 * Gordon the High-Speed Engine (mentioned)

Railway Series

 * Thomas and the Great Railway Show (mentioned)

Railway Series
Television Series
 * Henry the Green Engine (mentioned), Enterprising Engines (mentioned) and Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines (mentioned)
 * Season 1 - The Flying Kipper (mentioned) and Whistles and Sneezes (mentioned; only in the UK version)

Railway Series

 * Enterprising Engines (mentioned)

Railway Series

 * Eight Famous Engines (Euston, King's Cross, Paddington, and St. Pancras station; mentioned)

Television Series

 * Season 17 - The Thomas Way (Paddington Station)

Railway Series

 * Thomas and the Great Railway Show

Railway Series

 * Thomas and the Great Railway Show (mentioned)

Railway Series

 * The Little Old Engine (mentioned), and Great Little Engines (mentioned)

Railway Series

 * Thomas and the Great Railway Show

Engines
Numerous engines have come from or worked on the Mainland, including Jinty, Pug, Stepney, Flying Scotsman, The Diesel, Spencer, Connor, Caitlin, Samson and Logan, some other mainland engines were also mentioned in the thirteenth season episode, Play Time.

Appearances
The Mainland has made several appearances in the railway series, in the television series, its first appearance was in the fourth season episode, Thomas and the Special Letter, featuring a huge warehouse where the engines were lined up, the mainland was also referred to as "The Big City". In the CGI series, the mainland was mentioned several times and briefly seen when ever the Vicarstown bridge appeared, in the eighteenth season episode, Spencer's VIP, a viaduct and church on the mainland was also seen. Crovan's Gate was once used as a station on the mainland. The mainland makes its first full appearance in The Great Race, where the Great Railway Show is held at.