Knapford Yards is a shunting yard located in Knapford . In The Railway Series , the yard only contains a few sidings and is located just in front of the station.
In the television series however, it is much larger and has a plenty of sidings for trucks, as well as a carriage shed. It also has a high-level section of track, although it is unknown where it leads. It is located just north of the station.
Knapford Yard has been seen frequently since debuting in The Railway Series . Stafford and Charlie are based here in the television series and Stanley , Diesel and Philip have also been seen working here.
Appearances
Series 2 Saved from Scrap , Old Iron , Percy and the Signal , Duck Takes Charge , Pop Goes the Diesel , Dirty Work and Wrong Road
Series 3 A Scarf for Percy , Donald's Duck (deleted scene ) , Thomas, Percy and the Dragon , The Trouble with Mud , No Joke for James and Trust Thomas
Series 4 Thomas and Stepney and Toad Stands By
Series 8 Thomas and the Tuba , Thomas to the Rescue , Henry and the Wishing Tree (deleted scene ) , Emily's New Route and Thomas Gets it Right (mentioned )
Series 9 Thomas and the Rainbow , Molly's Special Special , Thomas Tries His Best , Thomas' New Trucks and Flour Power
Series 11 Emily's Rubbish , Dream On , Hector the Horrid! , Henry's Lucky Day and Edward and the Mail
Series 12 Henry Gets it Wrong , Heave Ho Thomas! , James Works it Out , Tram Trouble , Don't Go Back (stock footage ) and Thomas Puts the Brakes On
Series 13 The Early Bird , Play Time , Time For a Story and Splish Splash Splosh
Series 15 Stuck on You and Fiery Flynn
Series 16 Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor , Thomas and the Rubbish Train and Welcome Stafford
Series 17 Steamie Stafford , Henry's Hero , Not Now, Charlie! , The Lost Puff , Bill or Ben? , Gone Fishing and No More Mr. Nice Engine
Series 18 Old Reliable Edward , Not So Slow Coaches , Disappearing Diesels , Toad's Adventure , Thomas the Quarry Engine , Missing Gator , Long Lost Friend , Emily Saves the World , Timothy and the Rainbow Truck and Samson at Your Service
Series 19 The Beast of Sodor , Helping Hiro , Best Engine Ever and Philip to the Rescue
Series 20 Diesel and the Ducklings , Bradford the Brake Van , Saving Time , Pouty James , Letters to Santa , All in Vain , Engine of the Future , The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill
Series 21 Springtime for Diesel , The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor and The Big Freeze
Series 22 An Engine of Many Colours (fantasy ) and Hunt the Truck
Series 23 Chucklesome Trucks , Gordon Gets the Giggles (fantasy ) , Diesel Do Right , Panicky Percy and Diesel Glows Away
Specials
Trivia Knapford Yards has had numerous modifications throughout the years:
Series 17 :
The carriage shed behind the yard is removed.
The size of the town around the yard drastically shrinks.
Tale of the Brave :
Points are added to allow access in-between each line.
Since the twentieth series , a coal hopper has frequently been seen in the yards, however it disappears inbetween episodes.
