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This page is for minor unnamed stations or halts which appear in ''[[The Railway Series]]'', ordered by their first appearance.

==The First Station==
{{Infobox Station
|title1 = The First Station
|image1 = File:JamesandtheTop-HatRS4.PNG
|first_appearance = [[James the Red Engine]] {{Note|1948}}
|last_appearance = James the Red Engine {{Note|1948}}
|creator(s) = [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. Awdry]]
|location = {{flag|ios}} Between [[Tidmouth (RWS)|Tidmouth]] and [[Knapford (RWS)|Knapford]], [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]
|managed_by = [[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]]
|lines = [[The Main Line (RWS)|The Main Line]]
|no_of_platforms = 2
}}'''The First Station''' is a located between [[Tidmouth (RWS)|Tidmouth]] and [[Knapford (RWS)|Knapford]]. [[James (RWS)|James]] and [[Edward (RWS)|Edward]] once overran the platform here. The station was later retconned out of the series, and as such does not appear on any maps of the [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]].

===Appearances===
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===''[[The Railway Series]]''===
* '''[[James the Red Engine]]''' - [[James the Red Engine#James and the Top-Hat|James and the Top-Hat]]
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===Trivia===
* In the ''[[Thomas & Friends|Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]'' television series [[James and the Coaches|adaptation of the story]], the station was replaced by [[Dryaw (T&F)|Dryaw]].
** Additionally, the television series-exclusive station of [[Lower Tidmouth]] shares this station's placement.
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==The Endcover Station==
{{Infobox_Station
|title1 = The Endcover Station
|image1 = <gallery>
File:TheSecondStationRS2.png|II
File:TheSecondStationRS1.png|I
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|creator(s) = [[John T. Kenney]]
|location = {{Flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]
|managed_by = [[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]]
|lines = [[The Main Line (RWS)|The Main Line]]
|no_of_platforms = 2
}}'''The Endcover Station''' is a [[The Main Line (RWS)|Main Line]] station which appears in the endcovers of later editions of books in ''The Railway Series''. The original illustration of it was created by [[John T. Kenney]] and later re-illustrated by [[Clive Spong]]. There is no information about this station, though it is likely intended to represent one of the existing stations on the Main Line.

===Trivia===
* In ''[[Thomas & Friends]]'' material, the station was featured as the end covers for the ''[[My Thomas Story Library]]'' and ''[[Engine Adventures]]'' books. It also appeared in ''[[Storytime with Mr. Evans]]'' and the [[De Agostini]] magazines.
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===Gallery===
<gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
File:RailwaySeriesbooksendpapers.JPEG|The station as illustrated by John T. Kenney
File:RailwaySeriesbooksendpapers.jpg|The station as illustrated by Clive Spong
File:CliffordMeadway1991CalendarJune.jpg|The station as illustrated by [[Clifford Meadway]] in a 1991 ''Thomas & Friends'' calendar
File:CliffordMeadway1991CalendarJuly.jpg
File:MyStoryLibraryBookPicture.jpg|The station in the [[My Thomas Story Library]] books
File:TheSnowySurpriseendpaper.png|Winter-themed variant
File:EngineAdventuresendpaperillustration.png|The station in the [[Engine Adventures]] books
</gallery>
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