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 town to Sodor.

Named Locations
It is often just referred to as the Mainland, however certain places have been mentioned by name in both the Railway Series and the television series. These include:
 * Barrow-in-Furness (several times)
 * Bournemouth (Thomas' Christmas Party)
 * Brighton (The Adventure Begins)
 * Bluebell Railway (Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine)
 * Carlisle (Gordon the High-Speed Engine)
 * Carnforth (Thomas and the Great Railway Show)
 * Crewe (Henry the Green Engine)
 * Doncaster (Enterprising Engines)
 * London (Euston, King's Cross, Paddington and St. Pancras stations; The Eight Famous Engines; Paddington also seen in The Thomas Way)
 * Skipton (Thomas and the Great Railway Show)
 * Talyllyn Railway (The Little Old Engine; Great Little Engines)
 * York (Thomas and the Great Railway Show)

Engines
Numerous engines have come from or worked on the Mainland, including Jinty, Pug, Stepney, Flying Scotsman, Diesel, The Diesel, Spencer, Connor, Caitlin, Samson, Logan and Sam.

Appearances
The Mainland has made numerous appearances in the Railway Series, it was referred to as England in The Fat Controller's Engines (The Eight Famous Engines). In the television series, Crovan's Gate was used as a station on the mainland in Last Train for Christmas, it is also seen whenever the Vicarstown Bridge appears. The mainland was briefly seen in Spencer's VIP when Spencer was bringing the VIP from the mainland, a church and viaduct was also seen. Another appearance was in the fourth season episode Thomas &amp; The Special Letter; a big warehouse located on the mainland was seen where the engines arrived, the mainland was also referred to as The Big City.