The Grumpy Passenger

"Oh, dear, no. It’s not good enough. Oh, yes, of course. Oh dear. Call this a railway? Huh. Dreadful. Every day something goes wrong. So predictable. Seats uncomfortable, trains always late. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!"

- the Grumpy Passenger, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, eighteenth season

The Grumpy Passenger is a grumpy man.

Bio
is a man who rides on Duncan's train everyday. The man is constantly complaining about everything. One day, Duncan decided he had had enough of the man and tried to do everything he could to stop the complaining. No matter what he did, the man still complained. After causing a lot of trouble, the Thin Controller told Duncan that he knew the man well: he was always extremely grumpy and finding something to moan about. Lesson learned, Duncan decided to ignore the man in future.

He is always checking his pocket watch, often reads the Sodor Times newspaper and carries a flask of tea.

He is a frequent user of both the Skarloey and North Western Railways.

Television Series

 * Season 16 - Muddy Matters (cameo)
 * Season 18 - Thomas and the Emergency Cable (cameo), Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Duncan the Humbug (cameo) and The Perfect Gift (cameo)
 * Season 19 - Toad and the Whale (cameo), Very Important Sheep (cameo), Reds vs. Blues, Thomas the Babysitter and Goodbye Fat Controller (cameo)
 * Season 20 - Blown Away (cameo) and Cautious Connor
 * Season 21 - Runaway Engine and PA Problems

Specials:
 * The Great Race (cameo)

Voice Actors

 * Keith Wickham (UK/US)
 * Kōichi Sakaguchi (Japan; Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger and Reds vs. Blues)
 * Hiroo Sasaki (Japan; Thomas the Babysitter)
 * Nobuaki Kanemitsu (Japan; Cautious Connor)
 * Jarosław Domin (Poland)
 * Roberto Mendiola (Latin America)

Trivia

 * The Grumpy Passenger is a modified version of a generic background character who would later be used as a Great Railway Show Judge.