Wellsworth is a town located near Sodor's south-west coast, at the far northern end of the Brendam peninsula. As it is the start of Edward's Branch Line, the station is also known as Edward's Station.
History
Wellsworth station consists of two platforms - each with its own station building - connected via a footbridge, which spans the three through roads of the Main Line. At one point, the station also had a dedicated banker siding for Edward next to the larger building, though this has since been removed.
The Mail Depot is located in the town here, and Percy often picks up and drops off mail at the station.[1] The station is also home to a large shunting yard and an engine shed.
Landmarks
- Wellsworth Station - the main station for the town of Wellsworth.
- Wellsworth Yards - a large shunting yard adjacent to the station.
- Wellsworth Sheds - a small engine shed within the shunting yard at Wellsworth.
- Suddery Junction - also known as Wellsworth Junction; the junction for Edward's Branch Line.
- Wellsworth Crossing - a level crossing east of Wellsworth.
- Crocks Scrap Yard - a scrap yard near the town of Wellsworth, which is home to Reg and where Trevor was saved from scrap.
- Wellsworth Vicarage Orchard - a lineside orchard surrounding the Church of Wellsworth, owned by the Vicar.
- Trevor's Shed - a shed at the bottom of the orchard where Trevor usually sleeps.
- Wellsworth Hospital - a medical facility that was later reconstruction into a new building.
- The Mail Depot - the main sorting depot for mail on the Island of Sodor.
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Official Description
From the Writer's Bible:
| “ | Wellsworth Station and Yards: Functional and unglamorous, Wellsworth is a mainline station with platforms on both sides and a goods line running through the middle. With a small goods yard with a turntable, this is Edward's domain. He works the yards and takes passenger and goods trains back and forth to Brendam Docks. It is the last station before Gordon's hill. Edward is often used as a 'backing' engine to help the engines pulling heavy loads up Gordon's Hill. Several branch lines lead away from the yards into the wilder countryside and spooky areas. Henry, susceptible to fright anyway, often thinks he sees ghosts along these lines. Percy and Thomas use the lines when delivering or picking up trucks from the quarries and farms. | ” |
Trivia
- Wellsworth Drive in Columbus, Ohio, USA, is named after the town.
- In the French dub, Wellsworth is not referred to by name, but the station is referred to by epithet: "la gare du puits sec" (meaning: the station of the dry well).
- The name of the station possibly is an agglutination of the names of the parish of Knapwell, where the Reverend W. Awdry was a vicar and the civil parish of Elsworth, where the Rev. W. Awdry was Rector between 1946-53.
- In the Railway Series, Wellsworth is a seaside town, with its station said to be no more than 20ft above high tide level. In the television series, according to David Mitton's 1991 map, Wellsworth town is above cliffs, and it's not directly next to the sea. This is most likely because Wellsworth is located near the Viaduct, which places the Main Line much higher than sea level compared to the Railway Series.
Station Guide
David Mitton Map
| Preceding station |  North Western Railway
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maron | The Main Line | Crosby | ||
| Terminus | Brendam Branch Line | Suddery | ||
| Elsbridge | The Loop Line | Terminus | ||
Sam Wilkinson Map
| Preceding station | North Western Railway
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maron | The Main Line | Crosby | ||
| Terminus | Brendam Branch Line | Suddery | ||
| Terminus | Coaling Plant Branch Line | Miner's Halt | ||
Merchandise
- ERTL (discontinued)
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Take-Along (discontinued)
- Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
- TrackMaster (discontinued)
- Brio (discontinued)
- LEGO (discontinued)
- Mega Bloks (discontinued)
- Hornby (signal box only, discontinued)
- Bachmann (signal box only)
- Lionel (discontinued)
- Sui Sui Oekaki (discontinued)
References
- ↑ T&F S11 #14 "Edward and the Mail"
| Locomotives | Steam | Thomas | Henry | Gordon | James | Donald and Douglas | Emily | Murdoch | Molly | Nia | Rebecca |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel | BoCo | |
| Former | Edward | |
| Rolling Stock | Passenger | Annie and Clarabel | Emily's Coaches | Green Express Coaches | Red Express Coaches |
| Former | The Spiteful Brake Van | Slip Coaches | |
| Trains | Passenger | The Express | The Local | The Great Waterton Special |
| Goods | The Flying Kipper | The Midnight Goods | |
| Infrastructure | Stations | Tidmouth | Lower Tidmouth** | Knapford | Crosby | Wellsworth | Maron | Cronk** | Killdane** | Balladrine** | Kellaby** | Whispering Woods Halt** | Kellsthorpe Road** | Crovan's Gate | Great Waterton** | Vicarstown | Barrow-in-Furness** |
| Sheds | Tidmouth Sheds | Tidmouth Yard Sheds | Knapford Sheds | Crovan's Gate Sheds* | Vicarstown Sheds | |
| Tunnels and Bridges | Tidmouth Tunnel (South) | Henry's Tunnel | Crosby Tunnel** | Crosby Bridge* | The Viaduct | Sodor Suspension Bridge** | Maron Bridge* | Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge Viaduct | Vicarstown Bridge** |
| Locomotives | Steam | Edward | Porter | Nia |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel | BoCo | Derek | Salty | Philip | |
| Non-Rail Vehicles | Trevor | Cranky | Reg | Big Mickey | Carly | |
| People | The Vicar of Wellsworth | The Mayor of Sodor | The Dock Managers | |
| Affiliates | Sodor China Clay Company (Bill and Ben, Timothy, Marion) | Sodor Shipping Company | Sodor Search and Rescue Centre (Belle, Flynn, Rocky, Harold, Butch, Captain) | |
| Stations | Wellsworth | Suddery | Lower Suddery | Sodor Animal Park** | Upper Brendam | Brendam | |
| Locomotives | Percy |
|---|---|
| Locations | Wellsworth | Miner's Halt | The Coal Mines | The Coaling Plant |