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This article is about Maithwaite. You may be looking for Marthwaite.

Maithwaite is a station and small hamlet. On former Railway Consultant Sam Wilkinson's 2014 map of Sodor, it is located on Thomas' Branch Line between Elsbridge and Hackenbeck.

History

Maithwaite was originally constructed as a single-platform station with a small siding and water tower. It was later given a second platform and the siding and water tower were removed. A ground-level foot crossing provides access to the second platform and its adjacent field, which hosts various events throughout the year.

Once, during a Best Dressed Station competiton, Percy helped to deliver trucks of vegetables and flowers to be decorate Maithwaite. Some school boys vandalised the flower arrangements, but were cornered in the waiting room by a ram. Eventually, after being let out by the stationmaster, the boys apologised and helped put everything back as it had been before. Thanks to the ram's help, Maithwaite won the Best Dressed Station award.[1]

Notable nearby places include the forest, an abandoned quarry mine, the showground and the village duck pond.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Learning Segments

Trivia

  • While not directly confirmed, it is highly likely that Maithwaite is a misspelling of Marthwaite and was originally intended to be a station on Toby's Branch Line. Evidence supporting this includes:
    • In the sixth series episode It's Only Snow, Thomas stops here to meet up with Toby while taking the Christmas tree to one of the villages on Toby's Branch Line.
    • In the sixth series episode Percy and the Haunted Mine, the line from Tidmouth Sheds to Maithwaite passes through a junction next to the Maithwaite Quarry Mine. This detail appears to match the track layout of Marthwaite on the 1991 map of Sodor, with the aforementioned junction being the one that leads to the Black Loch region.
    • According to the 2003 Thomas and Friends Writers' Bible, Maithwaite is said to be located near the mountains.
    • In the eighth series episode Emily's New Route, Emily stops here to pick up passengers for Black Loch, which is shown to be located north of Marthwaite on the third series map of Sodor.
    • Maps of Sodor from the 2010 book My Journey with Thomas the Tank Engine and a Blue Mountain Mystery bonus feature depicts Maithwaite in the place of Marthwaite.
  • Maithwaite used to be on display at Nitrogen Studios.
  • Maithwaite is Toby's favourite station.[1]
  • In The Great Festival Adventure, a water tower was placed on the platform.
  • Maithwaite is based on Angerton railway station.
  • In the French dub, Maithwaite is not referred to by name, but the station is referred to by epithet: "la gare de la pierre de lune" (meaning: the station of the moon rock). In the twelfth series, this changes to "la gare de la colline" (meaning: the station of the hill).
  • Maithwaite has four signals despite only having two tracks with no crossover points.
  • Maithwaite Street in Columbus, Ohio, is named after the town.
    • Maithwaite is also the only location from the television series to have this distinction.

Merchandise

Station Guide

Sam Wilkinson Map

Preceding station StationTemplateIconNorth Western Railway Following station
Elsbridge Ffarquhar Branch Line Hackenbeck

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 T&F S5 #8 "Baa!"



--- Dropped | * 1991-1994 maps only | ** 2014 map only
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