Varkala Railway Station is a large station on the Indian Railway. It has four through lines and two terminal lines. There are multiple junctions in front of and behind the station and a shunting yard beside it. Noor Jehan's Safari Express stops here.
Appearances
Magazine Stories
- 2019 - Trusty Trunky
- 2022 - Thomas Goes to Bollywood
- 2023 - Crowning Around
Books
- 2022 - Thomas and the Elephant and Thomas and the Monkeys
Trivia
- The set reuses the track layout and select buildings from Knapford.
- Varkala station has undergone various changes throughout the series:
- Thomas and the Monkey Palace:
- The station's colour scheme was changed from brown and grey to red, cream and blue.
- The sides of the platforms are now green instead of yellow.
- The brick insets into the station wall are replaced by corrugated rolling doors.
- A coconut milk stand was added inside the station.
- Series 23:
- A temple was added beside the station.
- Thomas and the Monkey Palace:
- In some magazine stories and promotional images, early shots of the station from the first two episodes it appears in are re-rendered with its later colour palette from Thomas and the Monkey Palace-onwards.
| Locomotives | Ashima | Rajiv | Rajinda | Coran | Shankar | Noor Jehan | Abiar | |
|---|---|---|
| People | Charubala | |
| Locations | Real Landmarks | Varkala Railway Station | Taj Mahal | The Monkey Palace | Surajpur | Jaipur Junction |
| Fictional Landmarks | Indian Railway Shunting Yard | The Indian Beam Bridge | The Indian Paddy Field | Indian Railway Sheds | Indian Bridge Over Tunnel Runby | The Indian Mountain Railway | The Indian Desert | The Elephant Lake | The Indian Station | |