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Since its creation, Thomas & Friends has been dubbed into many languages other than English.

Albania

In Albania, the show is called "Tomas Lokomotiva dhe Shokët". The Albanian dub was aired on Çufo and Bang Bang. The first seven series were narrated by Agim Xheka, while the specials are narrated by Kastriot Ramolllari from Hero of the Rails to Blue Mountain Mystery and Xhelil Aliu from Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure onwards.

Character Names

Voice cast

Trivia

Azerbaijan

In Azerbaijan, the show is called "Tomas və Dostları". The Azerbaijani dub of the fourteenth and fifteenth series were aired on ANS. And the Azerbaijani voice-over of Thomas and the Magic Railroad was aired on ARB Günəş.

Character Names

Trivia

Baltic Russian

The Baltic Russian voice-over airs on Kidzone TV and Kidzone Mini (This channel was Kidzone TV Plus before) in the Baltic countries. It plays the English dub in the background as a dubbing track was not used. It was narrated by Vladimir Knyazev. It was created by Estonian studio.

Trivia

  • They started creating the Baltic Russian voice-over from the seventeenth series.
  • In the twenty-fourth series episode Sonny's Second Chance, the title was never read in Baltic Russian by the narrator and title card is left in English.

Belgium

In Belgium, the Dutch dub of the tenth series, eleventh series and thirteenth series were aired on Nick Junior Flanders from 2011 to 2015. From the 2015 until present day the Dutch dub of the eighteenth to twentieth and the twenty-second series are airing on VTM Kids for the Flemish region. Currently, they are airing the twenty-second series. The French dub of the series was aired on the standard broadcasters for France, Gulli and Tiji.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the show is called "Tomica i Prijatelji" like Croatia.

Character Names

Trivia

  • To date, only the first and eighth to tenth series have been dubbed into Bosnian.

Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, the show is called "Томас и приятели". The twentieth series was aired on bTV Comedy in 2019 and was released on VOYO Bulgaria in 2021, Bulgaria.

Character Names

  • Thomas - Томас
  • Edward - Едуард
  • Henry - Хенри
  • Gordon - Гордън
  • James - Джеймс
  • Percy - Пърси
  • Toby - Тоби
  • Duck - Патица
  • Donald and Douglas - Доналд и Дъглас
  • Oliver - Оливър
  • Harvey - Хърви
  • Emily - Емили
  • Spencer - Спенсър
  • Whiff - Уиф
  • Stanley - Стенли
  • Hiro - Хиро
  • Belle - Бел
  • Stephen - Стивън
  • Conner - Конър
  • Caitlin - Кейтлин
  • Porter - Портиер
  • Marion - Мериън
  • Samson - Самсон
  • Glynn - Глин
  • Ryan - Райън
  • Diesel - Дизел
  • Daisy - Дейзи
  • 'Arry and Bert - Ари и Берт
  • Salty - Солено
  • Norman - Норман
  • Paxton - Пакстън
  • Sidney - Сидни
  • Philip - Филип
  • Hugo - Юго
  • Stafford - Стафорд
  • Flynn - Флин
  • Skarloey - Скарлои
  • Rheneas - Ренеи
  • Sir Handel - Сър Хендел
  • Peter Sam - Питър Сам
  • Rusty - Ръждив
  • Duncan - Дънкан
  • Victor - Виктор
  • Millie - Мили
  • Mike - Майк
  • Bert - Берт
  • Rex - Рекс
  • Annie and Clarabel - Ани и Кларабел
  • Henrietta - Хенриета
  • Troublesome Truck - Неприятно Камион
  • Toad - Жаба
  • Rocky - Роки
  • Slip Coaches - Плъзгащи треньори
  • Judy and Jerome - Джуди и Джером
  • Bradford - Брадфорд
  • Trevor - Тревър
  • Jack - Джак
  • Alfie - Алфи
  • Oliver (Excavator) - Оливър (Багер)
  • Max and Monty - Макс и Монти
  • Kevin - Кевин
  • Harold - Харолд
  • Jeremy - Джеръми
  • Cranky - Капризен

Trivia

  • The Bulgarian version is a voiced over English dub.
  • The intro and Engine Roll Call song is not a song in the Bulgarian dub, they read the lyrics only.

Brazil

In Brazil, the series is known as "Thomas e seus Amigos". It is currently narrated by Daniel Figueira voicing Thomas, with Tatá Guarnieri from the first to fifth series and Hero of the Rails to the twenty-first series and Dário de Castro narrating from the eighth to twelfth series.

Characters Names

Voice Cast

Trivia

Canada

In some areas of Canada, the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad was dubbed in Canadian French, known as "Thomas et ses Amis".

Character Names

Catalonia

In Catalonia, Spain, the series is known as "En Thomas i els seus Amics". The thirteenth to fifteenth series were dubbed in Catalan.

Character Names

China

In China, the series is known in Mandarin as "火車頭日記" (Huǒchētóu rìjì) which translates to "Locomotive Diary". The series was later reintroduced as "托马斯和朋友" (Tuōmǎsī hé péngyǒu), meaning "Thomas and Friends". The series is narrated by Jiang Guangtao.

Character Names

Trivia

  • The first twenty books of The Railway Series were translated into Mandarin.
  • The Mandarin dubs of the first series credit Ringo Starr as the narrator and the fourth series credits George Carlin as the narrator, even though they were re-dubbed. The opening credits of the eighth to twelfth series also credit Michael Angelis as the narrator even though it was re-dubbed.
  • Due to China's efforts to protect their own film industry, Thomas & Friends is among the very few television programmes originally produced in English to have aired in mainland China.

Hong Kong

  • In Hong Kong, both the British English dub and a local Cantonese dub entitled "湯馬仕小火車" (tōng máh sih síu fó chē) are shown, literally translating to "Thomas the Little Train". Additionally, Hong Kong VCD and DVD Releases include both the English (UK) and Cantonese dubs.

Trivia

  • The Sing-a-Long 3 and 4 DVDs have both instrumentals and English dubs.

Croatia

In Croatia, the series is known as "Tomica i Prijatelji" like Bosnia and Herzegovina. The current narrator is Tomislav Stojković. It was also narrated by Goran Grgić for the first and second series and by Adalbert Turner Juci for the seventeenth series. The eighth to twelfth series Croatian dubs were aired on Nova TV and Mini TV. The twenty-second series was aired on RTL Kockica and released on RTL Play, as well as Big World! Big Adventures!.

Voice Cast

  • Zdravko Valentin - Thomas (series 17)
  • Ivan Mokrović - Thomas (series 22-24)
  • Adalbert Turner Juci - Gordon (series 17)
  • Boris Barberić - Gordon (series 22-24)
  • Jadran Grubišić - Percy (series 17)
  • Katarina Perica Kirin - Emily (series 17), Annie (series 17), Clarabel (series 17)
  • Vinko Kraljević - Sir Topham Hatt (series 17), Sidney (series 17)
  • Mirko Švenda Žiga - Winston (series 17), Paxton (series 17), Norman (series 17), Sir Robert Norramby (series 17)
  • Daniel Dizdar - TBA (series 22-24)
  • Nikola Klobučarić - TBA (series 22-24)
  • Matija Prskalo - TBA (series 22-24)

Character Names

Trivia

  • The opening credits in the first and second series credits Ringo Starr as the narrator even though it was re-dubbed.
  • The opening credits in the seventeenth series credit Mark Moraghan as the narrator even though it was re-dubbed.
  • Only the first, second, eighth to twelfth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twenty-second series, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and Big World! Big Adventures! have been dubbed. However, the last two episodes of the second series, Woolly Bear and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree and the third to seventh series were never dubbed into Croatian.
  • The first, second, seventeenth and nineteenth series were released on DVDs.
  • The seventeenth and nineteenth series strangely revert to the original English names for every engine except Thomas.
  • In the seventeenth series Engine Roll Call, they changed the whole lyrics and singers.
  • In the seventeenth series, the term "engine" is translated as "mašina" (machine).

Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, the series is known by several names, the most common being "Lokomotiva Tomáš" and "Mašinka Tomáš" (both roughly translating to "Locomotive Thomas"). It used to be known as "Tomáš a přátelé" (Thomas and Friends) in the first and third series or "Tom a jeho přátelé" (Tom and his Friends) in the second series, in Calling All Engines! and Hero of the Rails the series is labelled as "Tomáš a kamarádi" (Thomas and Friends). The first to third series were narrated by Radovan Vaculík and from the fourth to the twentieth series it has been narrated by Bohuslav Kalva, Day of the Diesels is narrated by Zbyšek Pantůček. The episodes were aired on JimJam, Minimax and Barrandov.

Character Names

  • Thomas - Tomáš/Tom (second series only)
  • Edward - Eduard
  • Henry - Jindra (fourth - ninth series, excluding the eighth series and Calling All Engines!)
  • James - Jakub (fourth series to Misty Island Rescue)
  • Duck - Kačer (second and third series)
  • Flying Scotsman - Létající Skot
  • Arthur - Artur
  • Whiff - Puchavec (fourteenth series only)
  • Charlie - Karlík (thirteenth series only)
  • Scruff - Špindíra (fourteenth series only)
  • Belle - Bella (Day of the Diesels only)
  • 'Arry - Harry (sixth and ninth series)
  • Salty - Mořský Vlk (sixth - ninth series, excluding the eighth series and Calling All Engines!)/Solník (fourteenth series only)
  • Philip - Filip
  • Sir Handel - Handl (fourth series only) Pan Handl (tenth series onwards) (formerly: Falcon - Sokol)
  • Peter Sam - Petr (fourth - ninth series) (formerly: Stuart - Stuard)
  • Duke - Vévoda
  • Mighty Mac - Silák Mac (ninth series only) Silný Mac (tenth series - The Great Discovery, excluding Sir Handel Takes Charge) Mocný Mac (Sir Handel Takes Charge only) Velký Mac (twelfth series only)
  • Victor - Viktor
  • Annie and Clarabel - Anna a Klára (fourth - thirteenth series)
  • Old Slow Coach - Starý Louda
  • S.C. Ruffey - Ošumělý
  • Toad - Žabák (fifth series only)
  • Slip Coaches - Odpojitelné Vozy
  • Bertie - Bertík (fourth to fourteenth series)
  • Bulgy - Náfuka
  • George - Jirka (fourth and fifth series only)
  • Caroline - Karolína
  • Thumper - Buchar
  • Elizabeth - Alžběta (sixth series only)/Eliška (eighth series only)
  • Jack - Honza (sixth series only)
  • Alfie - Alf (sixth series only)
  • Byron - Baron
  • Madge - Majda (The Great Discovery only)
  • Tiger Moth - Tygří Mura
  • Bulstrode - Beika
  • Captain - Kapitán
  • Cranky - Klika (fifth - seventh series)
  • Sir Topham Hatt - Tlustý Správce (first - third series)/Tlustý Přednosta (fourth series onwards)
  • Lady Hatt - Paní Přednostová (fifth and seventh series)
  • Mrs. Kyndley - Kaní Kaindliová (first series only)/Paní Kindliová (fifth series only)
  • Farmer Trotter - Sedlák Troška
  • Farmer McColl - Sedlák Makal

Voice Cast

  • Pavel Tesař - Thomas (Hero of the Rails - King of the Rails), Edward (Hiro Helps Out only), Toby (Toby's New Whistle-The Biggest Present of All), Spencer (Hero of the Rails only), Ben (The Smelly Kipper only), Charlie (Fifteenth series only), Whiff (Misty Island Rescue only),Skarloey (Sixteenth-seventeenth series), Rheneas (Sixteenth series only), Victor (The Frozen Turntable only), Diesel (Thirteenth series only), Paxton (King of the Railway only), Norman (The Frozen Turntable only), Dart (Seventeenth series only), Bertie (seventeenth series only), Winston (Seventeenth series only), Rocky (Fourteenth and seventeenth series), Troublesome Truck, Kevin (Hero of the Rails and Blue Mountain Mystery only), Cranky (Merry Misty Island only), Harold (Thirteenth series only), Captain (Fifteenth series only), Farmer Trotter (Thirteenth series only), Mr. Bubbles (Thirteenth series only) and The Duke of Boxford (Fifteenth-sixteenth series)
  • Roman Hájek - Thomas (Pingy Pongy Pick Up, one scene), Douglas, Charlie (Fourteenth and Sixteenth series only) Hiro (seventeenth-nineteenth series), Whiff (fifteenth series only), Rheneas (Seventeenth series only), Peter Sam (Seventeenth series only), Victor (Kevin's Cranky Friend only), Stephen, Rex (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only), Stafford (sixteenth series only), Gator, Diesel (fourteenth series onwards), Diesel 10, Salty (Seventeenth series only), 'Arry (fourteenth series only), Paxton (Seventeenth series only), Sidney (twenty-first series onwards), Dart (fifteenth-nineteenth series), Rusty, Bertie (eighteenth series onwards), Flynn (seventeenth series only), Troublesome Truck, Cranky (Flatbeds of Fear only) Harold (Seventeeth, nineteeth-twentieth series only), Captain (Fifteenth series only), Mr. Percival (Sixteenth series) and Farmer Mcoll (Fifteenth-sixteenth series), Mr Bubbles (Fourteenth series onwards), Douglas' Driver and the Island Inspector
  • Jakub Saic - Thomas (Tale of the Brave only), Oliver (eighteenth-nineteenth series), Ben (Eighteenth series onwards), Connor (Nineteenth series onwards), Skarloey (King of the Railway only), Mike (Eighteenth series only), Paxton (Eighteenth series only), Sidney (Eighteenth series only), Rusty (Duncan the Humbug only) Rocky (Eighteenth series), Troublesome Truck (Salty All at Sea), Oliver, Sir Robert Norramby, The Duke of Boxford (Nineteenth series only) and Thomas's Driver
  • Jan Maxián - Thomas (Thomas the Quarry Engine, The Great Race and Journey Beyond Sodor, singing), Henry (The Great Race, singing), James (The Great Race, singing), Toby, Porter, Cranky (Thomas the Quarry Engine, singing)
  • Peter Gelnar - Thomas and Kevin (Day of the Diesels only)
  • Vojtěch Hájek - Thomas (season 18 onwards), Henry (Kevin's Cranky Friend), James (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, singing), Duck (The Great Race, singing), Charlie (Eigteenth series onwards), Porter, Scruff (fifteenth-sixteenth series), Philip, Stafford (seventeenth series only), Skarloey (eighteenth series only), Sir Handel (seventeenth series only), Luke (Seventeenth series onwards), Sidney (Seventeenth series only), Butch (Seventeenth series only) and one of the Railway Inspectors
  • Petr Neskusil - Thomas (Day of the Diesels only), Percy (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Toby (eighteenth series only), Toad (Eighteenth series only), The Thin Controller (Blue Mountain Mystery, Series 18 onwards) and Mr. Percival (Blue Mountain Mystery only)
  • Ivo Hrbáč - Thomas (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Edward (Journey Beyond Sodor onwards), James (Journey Beyond Sodor only, singing), Hurricane, Yong Bao, Luke (twenty-first onwards), Den (twenty-first series onwards) and Kevin (Journey Beyond Sodor onwards)
  • Milan Slepička - Edward (Hero of the Rails-thirteenth series), Gordon (Slippy Sodor-Fourteenth series), James (thirteenth series only), Percy (Hero of the Rails-fourteenth series), Toby (Hero of the Rails only), Victor (Slippy Sodor; Play Time-Thomas and the Pigs), Diesel 10 (Misty Island Rescue only), Salty (Misty Island Rescue only), Kevin (thirteenth series only), Cranky (thirteenth series only), Captain (Misty Island Rescue only) and Sir Topham Hatt (fourteenth series only)
  • Libor Terš - Edward (Misty Island Rescue-twentieth series), Henry, Gordon (Toby's New Whistle, Day of the Diesels only), James (Percy's Parcel only), Percy (Thomas and the Pigs only), Toby (thirteenth series only), Ben (seventeenth series only), Hiro (Hero of the Rails-Fourteenth series), Charlie (Thirteenth series only), Whiff (sixteenth series only), Connor (Seventeenth series only), Skarloey (eigteenth series onwards), Rheneas (King of the Railway only), Sir Handel (sixteenth series only), Peter Sam (eighteenth series only), Victor, Salty (Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth series only), 'Arry (thirteenth, fifteenth series), Paxton (Seventeenth series and The Truth About Toby only), Norman (The Missing Christmas Decorations only), Dart (twenty-first series only), Scruff (Fourteenth series only), Bertie (Fifteenth series only), Flynn (Fifteenth series only), Winston (Nineteenth series only), Cranky (Misty Island Rescue onwards), Rocky (Thirteenth series, Fiery Flynn only), Merrick (seventeenth series only), Troublesome Truck, Harold (Fourteenth series, Two Wheels Good only), Sir Topham Hatt (season 13, 15 onwards), Dowager Hatt, Farmer Mcoll (thirteenth-nineteenth series), Farmer Trotter, Sir Lowham Hatt and The Maithwaite and Knapford Stationmasters (thirteenth series only)
  • Tomáš Juřička - Edward (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only), James (Day of the Diesels only), Percy (Day of the Diesels only), Donald, Hiro (twentieth series onwards), Porter (Toad's Bright Idea-nineteenth series), Ryan (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only), Skarloey (Blue Mountain Mystery only), Peter Sam (Blue Mountain Mystery only), Duncan, Bert, Salty (Long Lost Friend-twentieth series), 'Arry (twentienth series onwards), Stafford (eighteenth series onwards) Sidney (twentieth series only), Den (eighteenth series only) Rocky, Captain (Eigteenth series only) Mike's Driver and The Large Chinned Policeman
  • Bohuslav Kalva - Henry (The Biggest Present of All), Gordon (thirteenth-fourteenth series), James (Hero of the Rails onwards), Percy (thirteenth-fourteenth series), Ferdinand, Glynn, Butch (Nineteenth series onwards), Harold, Emerson, Sir Topham Hatt (thirteenth series only), Farmer McColl, Farmer Trotter (fourteenth series onwards), Percy's Driver, Duck's Driver and one of the Railway Inspector (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only)
  • Radovan Vaculík - Henry (Blue Mountain Mystery only), Gordon (King of the Rails and seventeenth series only), Percy (King of the Railway onwards), Oliver (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure onwards), Bill, Ben (Tale of the Brave only), Hiro (twentieth series onwards), Charlie (Seventeenth series only), Stephen (Seventeenth series only), Connor (Eighteenth series only), Theo, Paxton (Henry Spots Trouble only), Den (Seventeenth and Nineteenth series only), Whiff (Seventeenth series onwards), Rusty (Blue Mountain Mystery only), Flynn (Nineteenth series only), Troublesome Truck (Salty All at Sea-Den and Dart), Mr. Percival (nineteenth series only), Fergus Duncan and one of the Railway Inspectors
  • Zbyšek Pantůček - Gordon (fifteenth-sixteenth series, The Great Race singing voice), Percy (fifteenth-sixteenth series), Hiro (Fifteenth series only), Victor (Salty's Suprise only), Kevin (fifteenth series only), Diesel (The Great Race, singing), Salty (Day of the Diesels-Salty's Suprise), Den (Fifteenth-sixteenth series), Flynn (Day of the Diesels only), Butch (Fifteenth series only), Harold (Fifteenth series only), Farmer Mcoll (Thirteenth series only) and The Maithwaite Stationmaster (fifteenth series only)
  • Jan Szymik - Gordon (Journey Beyond Sodor onwards) and Salty (twenty-first series onwards)
  • Bohumil Švarc Jr. - James (Blue Mountain Mystery only) and Paxton (Blue Mountain Mystery only)
  • Jan Battěk - Percy (Big World! Big Adventures! onwards), Rajiv, Mike and Toad (Nineteenth series only)
  • Radek Hoppe - Toby (Misty Island Rescue only), Rocky (Blue Mountain Mystery only) and Merrick (Blue Mountain Mystery only)
  • Michal Holán - Toby (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only)
  • Petr Neskusil - Toby (Eighteenth series only), Diesel, Toad (Eighteenth series only) and Gator's Driver
  • Helena Dytrtová - Emily (Hero of the Rails-Misty Island Rescue), Rosie (season 13 only), Mavis (thirteenth series and Hero of the Rails only), Allicia Botti (Thirteenth series only) and Bridget Hatt (Thirteenth series only)
  • Klára Šumanová - Emily (Fourteenth series onwards), Rosie (season 14, 16 onwards), Belle (Day of the Diesels and Seventeenth series only), Caitlin (King of the Railway, Seventeenth series onwards), Millie (King of the Railway-Eighteenth series), Mavis (season 14 onwards), Annie (seventeenth-twentieth series), Clarabel (King of the Railway-Big World! Big Adventures!), Henrietta (twentieth series onwards), Troublesome Truck, Lady Hatt (Fourteenth series only), Allicia Botti (Fourteenth series only), Bridget Hatt (Fourteenth series only), Stephen Hatt, The Duchess of Boxford (sixteenth series only) and The Laundry Lady
  • Martina Šťastná - Nia
  • Radka Stupková - Rosie (Season 15 only), Belle (fifteenth series onwards), Millie (twenty-first series onwards), Tamika, Daisy, Marion, Annie (Big World! Big Adventures! onwards), Clarabel, Henrietta (eighteen-nineteenth series), Carly, Lady Hatt (Day of the Diesels onwards), Bridget Hatt (nineteenth series only) and The Duchess of Boxford (seventeenth series onwards)
  • Jan Kalous - Charlie (Sixteenth series only), Porter (Tale of the Brave only), Timothy (Tale of the Brave only), Salty (Tale of the Brave only)
  • Svatopluk Schuller - Merlin, Paxton (twenty-first series onwards) and Lord Callan (twenty-first series only)
  • Ivan Jiřík - Kwaku and Mr. Percival (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
  • Ivo Novák - Rheneas (Blue Mountain Mystery only) and Luke (Blue Mountain Mystery only)
  • Radek Hoppe - Luke (Blue Mountain Mystery only)
  • Bohdan Tůma - Sir Handel (Blue Mountain Mystery only), Luke (King of the Railway onwards), Gator (Tale of the Brave only), Diesel (Blue Mountain Mystery onwards), Reg (Tale of the Brave only), Owen (Blue Mountain Mystery only) and Sir Topham Hatt (King of the Railway only)
  • Jana Mařasová - Mavis (Day of the Diesels only)
  • Petra Tišnovská - Mavis (Series 21 onwards), Frankie, Henrietta (Series 21 onwards), Ranger Jill
  • Petr Gelnar - Kevin (Day of the Diesels only)
  • Irena Hrubá - Lady Hatt (fifteenth series only)
  • Pavel Vondra - Captain John
  • Jiří Valšuba - TBA

Trivia

  • The series first aired in 2006 with the eighth series. Then, Calling All Engines! was aired and after that the first to third series were broadcasted, then the ninth to eleventh series, then the fourth to seventh and since the twelfth series it was broadcasted in chronological order.
    • The last six episodes of the eighteenth series aired more than a year later than the other episodes of this series.
    • None of the episodes from the first seven series were released on DVD. Only a few of the eighth to sixteenth series. After that only the episodes from Dinos and Discoveries, Start Your Engines! and Extraordinary Engines were released on DVD.
  • The first seven series have been premiered on JimJam, the eighth and ninth series on Minimax, the tenth to twelfth series on Barrandov and since the thirteenth series on Minimax again.
  • Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company, The Adventure Begins, Thomas the Babysitter, Rocky Rescue, The Other Side of the Mountain, No Help at All, Wild Water Rescue, Goodbye Fat Controller, The Christmas Coffeepot and twenty-first series were never dubbed into Czech.
  • In the intro for the first three series the narrator said "JimJam presents Thomas/Tom and his Friends" but from the fourth to ninth series the new narrator only says "Locomotive Thomas".
  • Since the first series, the UK end credits were always used. However, in some episodes the narrator reads Czech credits out while the UK credits are running. But in others there is just the year mentioned in which year it was produced.
  • The lyrics of the Intro were first translated in the thirteenth series.
  • The songs from the specials (excluding the songs from Thomas and the Magic Railroad, The Great Discovery and The Adventure Begins), the Engine Roll Call from the eighteenth series onwards and the songs from the Big World! Big Adventures! series are the only songs that have been dubbed into Czech.
  • The opening credits from the first and second series credit Ringo Starr as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed, while the opening credits from the third to sixteenth series credit Michael Angelis and from the seventeenth to twentieth series credit Mark Moraghan.
  • Since the title cards in the episodes were never translated, the narrator reads out the Czech titles since the first series.
  • The fourteenth series and Hero of the Rails were released in the same year and Big World! Big Adventures! and the twenty-second series on the same day.
  • Since The Great Race, the narrator does not read the special titles out.

Denmark

In Denmark, the series is known as "Thomas og Vennerne" or "Lokomotivet Thomas og hans venner" and was narrated by Povl Dissing from the first to fourth series and Tommy Kenter from the fifth to seventh series. In the eighth to sixteenth series, Povl Dissing stepped back into the role of narrator, with Ole Fick narrating The Great Discovery. Since the seventeenth series, the series has been narrated by Lars Mikkelsen.

Character Names

Voice Cast

Trivia

  • Thomas and the Magic Railroad, the twelfth series and Jack and the Sodor Construction Company were never dubbed.
  • The show premiered in Denmark in August 1996.

Estonia

In Estonia, the series is called "Toomas ja Sõbrad". The Estonian dub airs on Kidzone TV.

Character Names

Trivia

  • The Estonian dub of the seventeenth to twenty-fourth series are voiced over the English dubs.
  • The songs were never dubbed, but they dubbed the Diesel and Friends song in the fantasy sequence of Diesel Do Right, voiced over the English dub.
  • Toby Had a Little Lamb was translated in Estonian.
  • Only the seventeenth series to the twenty-fourth series were dubbed, Making this one of the few dubs to not to have a dub of the Model Series.

Finland

In Finland, the series is called "Tuomas Veturi". (Thomas the Locomotive). It was first shown on Cartoon Network in the late 1990s with Finnish subtitles. In 2003 it was dubbed into Finnish. with the third and fourth series coming out first on Nelonen. Nelonen continued showing Thomas & Friends episodes (first to fourth series) until 2006. MTV3 took over in 2009. The narrator was Aku Laitinen, who narrated up until Tale of the Brave. He also voices Sir Topham Hatt in the CGI series). Starting in the twenty-second series, Juha Varis, voicing Thomas, has narrated the series. From the first to fourth series were translated by Johanna Viksten and Anu Karvonen helped her out from the first to second series. From the fifth series to Blue Mountain Mystery, the translator was Tarja Dibaja.

Character Names

Voice Cast

Since the thirteenth series, there has been a voice cast:

  • Juha Varis - Thomas
  • Petteri Hynönen - Edward (Hero of the Rails - Tale of the Brave), Stanley (Day of the Diesels - fifteenth series), Flynn, Rocky, The Duke of Boxford, Rheneas, Porter, A Shunter (Tale of the Brave only) and The Maithwaite Stationmaster (Double Trouble and Wonky Whistle only)
  • Jarmo Koski - Edward (Twenty-second onwards) and Henry (Tale of the Brave onwards)
  • Markku Huhtamo - Henry (Hero of the Rails only)
  • Jukka Voutilainen - Henry (thirteenth series - King of the Railway), Hiro (Hero of the Rails - fifteenth series), Farmer McColl, Mr. Bubbles, Ferdinand, Connor, Skarloey, Rusty, Merrick, Mr. Percival, Den, Paxton (Day of the Diesels only), Sidney (Day of the Diesels only), Mr. Bubbles and The Island Inspector
  • Markus Bäckman - Gordon (Hero of the Rails only) and Beau
  • Pasi Ruohonen - Gordon (thirteenth series onwards), Diesel 10, Victor, The Mayor of Sodor, Farmer Trotter, Captain, Salty, 'Arry (fifteenth series onwards), Bert and Butch
  • Petri Hanttu - James, Toby, Charlie, Diesel, Cranky, Stephen Hatt, Dart, Gator, Scruff, Whiff, Salty, Sir Robert Norramby (Tale of the Brave onwards) Owen, Winston, Troublesome Trucks (Tale of the Brave onwards), Bash, Dash and Harold
  • Taisto Oksanen - Percy, Spencer and Sir Handel
  • Susa Saukko - Emily, Rosie, Belle, Mavis, Lady Hatt, Annie and Clarabel, Bridget Hatt, Allicia Botti, The Duchess of Boxford, Millie and Dowager Hatt
  • Heljä Heikkinen - Nia
  • Markus Niemi - Duck
  • Ella Pyhältö - Rebecca
  • Samuel Harjanne - Kevin (Hero of the Rails - King of the Railway) and Norman (Day of the Diesels only)
  • Juha Paananen Kevin (Tale of the Brave onwards) and Troublesome Trucks (King of the Railway only)
  • Aku Laitinen - Sir Topham Hatt and Sir Lowham Hatt
  • Jenni Sivonen - Daisy, Henrietta and Ashima
  • Sasu Moilanen - The Flying Scotsman and Bradford
  • Antti L. J. Pääkkönen - Bill, Paxton (Blue Mountain Mystery onwards) and Peter Sam
  • Arto Nieminen - Stephen
  • Kari Tamminen - Scruff and Troublesome Trucks
  • Joonathan Kettunen - Jack, Ben, Hiro (King of the Railway onwards), Timothy and Luke (King of the Railway onwards)
  • Petrus Kähkönen - Luke (Blue Mountain Mystery only)
  • Pekka Saaristo - Sir Robert Norramby (King of the Railway only)
  • Elise Langenoja - Caitlin and Marion
  • Juhani Rajalin - Spencer (King of the Railway onwards)
  • Valtteri Turunen - Philip
  • Peter Pihlström - Timothy
  • Raine Heiskanen - Merlin
  • Saara Lehtonen - Tamika

Trivia

  • The opening credits of the first and second series credit Ringo Starr as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed.
  • The opening credits of the third and the fourth series credit Michael Angelis as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed.
  • Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company, sixteenth to twenty-first and twenty-fourth series, The Adventure Begins, The Great Race and Journey Beyond Sodor were never dubbed into Finnish. However, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure was supposed to be dubbed into Finnish in 2015 or 2017, but for unknown reasons the idea was scrapped.
  • The show first aired in Finland in 2003. The series had previously aired in British English on Cartoon Network with the same feed as Sweden.
  • Some changes were made in the translation throughout the series:
    • Series 5:
      • Duck is now called "Ankkanen".
      • Toad is now called "Tatu". previously he was called "Tomi"
      • Peter Sam is now called "Pietari".
    • Series 6:
      • Donald is now called "Terho".
    • Series 10:
      • Sir Handel is now called "Sir Hanski".
    • Series 22:
      • Harvey is now called "Heikki". previously he was called "Harri".
      • Trevor is now called "Teuvo". previously he was called "Teppo".
  • The eleventh series episodes use the ninth and tenth series opening.
  • The broadcasted thirteenth series episodes have title cards, but on the DVDs the title cards are removed and the narrator reads the episode's title.
  • The last eight episodes of the second series, the first three episodes of the third series and the last sixteen episodes of the fourth series were never released on DVD.
  • The eighth and ninth series were never shown on television and were released only on Home video.

Faroe Islands

In Faroese the Series was known as "Tok Tummas" or Toktummas" Only seasons 1-5 are known to be dubbed and aired on Sjonvarp Føroya.[1]

Character Names

Thomas - Tummas

France

In French, the series is known as "Thomas et ses amis" or "Thomas le petit train" (Thomas the Small Train). The first five series were narrated by Gérard Boucaron and all series beyond included both a narrator and voice actors. Blanche Ravalec later narrated the series between the sixth series and fifteenth series, and then returned for the twentieth series. From the sixteenth series to nineteenth series Philippe Catoire narrated the series. In France, the series used to be shown on France 5 until the end of the fifteenth series; since then it has been broadcast on Gulli from the sixteenth series onwards. The fifteenth series was also reaired on Gulli and was re-narrated by Philippe Catoire.

During production of the French dub of the fourteenth series, the episodes A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter, Twin Trouble, Edward the Very Useful Engine, Rusty Saves the Day and Emily's New Coaches were dubbed for the US and Canada with the current voice cast.

Character Names

Voice Cast

Trivia

Galicia

In Galicia, Spain, the series is known as "Tomás e os seus amigos". The sixteenth and seventeenth series were dubbed in Galician and aired them on TVG2 around 2015-2017.

Character Names

  • Thomas - Tomás
  • Toby - Tobi

Germany

In Germany, the series is known as "Thomas, die kleine Lokomotive und seine Freunde" (Thomas the Small Locomotive and his Friends) or "Thomas & seine Freunde" (Thomas & his Friends). In the first five series, Thomas is also sometimes called "Thomas, die Rangierlokomotive" (literally: "Thomas the Shunting Engine"). It was narrated by Manfred Steffen from the first series to the fifth. From the eighth to twenty-first series, Sky du Mont has narrated it. Big World! Big Adventures! is called "Große Welt! Große Abenteuer!", and All Engines Go! is known as "Alle Maschinen los!", both literal translations.

In 1981, The Three Railway Engines and Thomas the Tank Engine were translated in one book called "Thomas die Tenderlok" (Thomas the Tank Engine) by Josef Guggenmos by the publisher Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg. The production was discontinued in 1984.

The home media releases from 1996 to 1998 were distrubuted by Funky Fun for Kids of Concorde Video. From 2000 to 2003, they were distrubuted by Karussell. Europa Mini (later known as Europa) of Sony Music Entertainment took over in 2004 and distributed VHSs, DVDs, CDs and cassettes until 2018. As of 2019 and Big World! Big Adventures!, FM Kids of Justbridge Entertainment distributes the home media releases and the latter is also confirmed to be the commissioner of the dubbing of the Big World! Big Adventures! special.

The show started airing on RTL ZWEI in November 1996, it went on hiatus in 1999 and got back on the air in April of 2000, it has aired on several channels since then, mainly Super RTL.

Series 1 to Series 4 aired reruns from 1998 to 2006, Series 5 from 2000 to 2005, Series 8 and Series 9 from 2005 to 2011, Series 10 from 2007 to 2009, Series 11 from 2008 to 2009, Series 12 from 2009 to 2011, Series 13 and Series 14 from 2010 to 2013, Series 15 from 2011 to 2015, Series 16 from 2012 to 2017, Series 17 from 2014 to 2017, Series 18 from 2015 to 2017, Series 19 from 2016 to 2017, Series 20 from 2017 to 2019, Series 22 from 2018 to 2020 and Series 23 from 2019 to 2020. All Engines Go! startet airing on Boomerang Germany in May 2022.

As of February 2020, the orignal show has stopped airing on television with the exception of All Tracks Lead to Rome, Mines of Mystery and Steam Team To The Rescue airing during Christmas that year. There were plans for CSC Studio to dub Series 24 into German, that ultimatly led no nothing.[2]

The first four series were dubbed at "Autorensynchron Hamburg". Starting from the fifth series, the show has been dubbed at "Studio Hamburg Synchron", with the exception of Thomas and the Magic Railroad, which was dubbed at "Hermes Synchron GmbH" in Potsdam. It is unknown who wrote the German scripts for the first four series. Henning Stegelmann wrote the scripts from the fifth to the sixteenth series, as well as Series 20. Sascha Draeger wrote the script for King of the Railway, Cindy Beier wrote Series 17, Tale of the Brave, Series 18 and Series 19, Tammo Kaulbarsch wrote Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and Regina Kette has been writing the scripts since Series 22. Henning Stegelmann has been the voice director since series 5, with the exception of Series 17, Tale of the Brave, Series 18, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and Series 19 when Cindy Beier took his place due to him being busy with other projects. Since Journey Beyond Sodor, Tammo Kaulbarsch has written and directed the songs.

All Engines Go! is still dubbed at Studio Hamburg with Stegelmann, Kette and Kaulbarsch in their positions from the orignal show.

Andreas Pollak was the dubbing script writer and voice director for Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

Voice Cast

All characters from the twelfth series were voiced by Christian Stark

  • Manfred Steffen - The narrator (Little Saucebox Thomas - Useful Locomotives)
  • Sky du Mont - The narrator (Sometimes It Happens Differently... - The Splish-Splash-Splosh-Game)
  • Dirk Bach - Thomas
  • Henry König - Edward
  • Lutz Herkenrath - Henry (Audiobooks, excluding Thomas Has a Good Idea and Thomas and the Shooting Star)
  • Q. Gray - Henry (Thomas Has a Good Idea and Thomas and the Shooting Star only)
  • Jürgen Holdorf - Gordon
  • Tobias Schmidt – James and Harold (Thomas on Treasure Hunt only)
  • Achim Schülke - Percy
  • Franz Josef Steffens - Toby (Toby and Henrietta only)
  • Andreas von der Meden - Toby (Sometimes It Happens Differently... - The Great Flower-Chaos)
  • Konstantin Graudus - Harvey, Mavis (Calling all Engines! only), Jeremy, the second manager of the ice cream factory and the Stationmaster (Useful Locomotives and Sometimes It Happens Differently...)
  • Roy Martens - Harvey (Calling all Engines! only)
  • Judy Winter - Emily
  • Oliver Rohrbeck – Spencer
  • Celine Fontanges - Molly
  • Simona Pahl - Rosie
  • Robin Brosch - Whiff
  • Kai-Henrik Möller - Hiro
  • Patrick Bach - Charlie
  • Christian Rudolf – Diesel and the Mayor of Sodor
  • Joey Cordevin – Mavis (Slippy Sodor and The Great Flower-Chaos)
  • Holger Potzern - 'Arry (Calling all Engines! and Useful Locomotives)
  • Ben Hecker - 'Arry (Emily Can Do It! and Percy Gets Loud!)
  • Lutz Harder - Bert (Calling all Engines! only)
  • Klaus Dittmann - Bert (Emily Can Do It! and Percy Gets Loud!), Farmer McColl and the Admiral
  • Wolfgang Hartmann - Diesel 10, an Inspector (Useful Locomotives) and Thomas' Driver (Hello Percy! only)
  • Erik Schäffler – Salty (Audiobooks, excluding Thomas and the Circus)
  • Carlos Goldberg – Salty (Thomas and the Circus only)
  • Oliver Böttcher - Duncan
  • Martin May - Victor
  • Renate Pichler – Annie
  • Marion Martienzen – Clarabel
  • Margret Homeyer - Henrietta (Toby and Henrietta only)
  • Katja Brügger - Henrietta (Thomas and the Circus only)
  • Sabine Hahn - Henrietta (Thomas Has a Good Idea only) and Lady Hatt
  • Hans-Joachim Dethlof and Ivo Möller - Troublesome Trucks (The Splish-Splash-Splosh-Game)
  • Michael Griem - Terence
  • Michael von Rospatt - Bertie and a Signalman (Little Saucebox Thomas)
  • Thomas Johannsen - Trevor
  • Charlotte Hedwig - Elizabeth and the Duchess of Boxford
  • Robert Kotulla - Kevin
  • Thorsten Weber – Harold (Toby and Henrietta only)
  • Philipp Schmidt - Harold (Snow is Great! only)
  • Eckart Dux - Cranky
  • Thomas Fritsch - Sir Topham Hatt (Little Saucebox Thomas - Things Always Seem To Happen When You Least Expect Them) and the Quarry Manager (Emily Can Do It!)
  • Jörg Gillner - Sir Topham Hatt (Calling all Engines! - The Splish-Splash-Splosh-Game) and Mr. Percival
  • Aaron Lee Ullmer - Stephen Hatt
  • Leonie von Ungern-Sternberg - Bridget Hatt
  • Harald Dietl - Farmer Trotter
  • Katinka Körting - Allicia Botti
  • Ernst Hilbich - The Duke of Boxford
  • Fabian Harloff - Mr. Bubbles
  • Jan Gullivan - Sir Lowham Hatt
  • Michael Weckler - Thomas' Driver (Little Saucebox Thomas - Thomas and the Circus), Henry's Driver (Winter Adventures With Thomas), James' Driver (Useful Locomotives) and Spencer's Driver (Percy Gets Loud!)
  • Werner Cartano - Thomas' Fireman and The Policeman
  • Reent Reins - Thomas' Fireman (Slippy Sodor only)
  • Volker Bogdan - Toby's Guard (Toby and Henrietta) and Thomas' Guard (Things Always Seem To Happen When You Least Expect Them)
  • Thomas Naumann - The Stationmaster (Things Always Seem To Happen When You Least Expect Them)
  • Stefan Schwarz - The Stationmaster (The Special Story Time)
  • Gosta Liptow - The Signalman (The Special Story Time)
  • Monty Arnold - Some Workmen (The Special Story Time)
  • Volker Hanisch - Some Workmen (The Special Story Time)
  • Philipp Huth - Some Workmen (Slippy Sodor)
  • Jonas Fischer - Some Workmen (Slippy Sodor)
  • Tetje Mierendorf - Sir Topham Hatt's Assistant
  • André Minninger - The first manager of the ice cream factory (Thomas Has a Good Idea)
  • Lutz Mackensy - The manager of the ice cream factory (Sometimes It Happens Differently...)
  • Douglas Welbat - The concertmaster
  • Wolfgang Kubach - The dock manager
  • Olaf Kreutzenbeck - The baker
  • Luise Lunow - The Teacher and some children (The Special Story Time)
  • Klaus Gerner – A Shunter (Snow is Great! and Thomas and the Circus)
  • The Big World! Big Adventures! audiobooks play the audio from the actual episodes with added narration by Christoph Jablonka.

    • Simona Pahl - Thomas
    • Eleni Möller-Architektonidou - Percy
    • Lino Böttcher - Diesel
    • Emily Seubert - Nia
    • Samina König - Kana
    • Julia Bautz - Carly
    • Elena Zvirbulis - Sandy
    • Daniel Kirchberger - Bruno
    • Tetje Mierendorf - Gordon
    • Heiner Kock - James
    • Kristina von Weltzien - Emily
    • Volker Hanisch - Toby and Whiff
    • Manuela Eifrig - Ashima
    • Jörn Linnenbröker - Yong Bao
    • Walter Wigand - Cranky and Troublesome Trucks
    • Anne Moll - Annie
    • Marion von Stengel - Clarabel
    • Michael Bideller - Beresford, Troublesome Trucks and Sir Topham Hatt (Dragon Run only)
    • Malin Steffen - Tess
    • Robin Brosch, Jürgen Holdorf and Wolf Frass - Troublesome Trucks
    • Kai-Henrik Möller - Harold
    • Bernd Stephan - Bulstrode
    • Lukas Hupfeld - Skiff
    • Emma Hermann - Darcy
    • Oliver Warsitz - Sir Topham Hatt

    Character Names

    Location Names

    Trivia

    Greece

    In Greece, the show is called "Τόμας το Τρενάκι" (Tomas To Trenaki) which when literally translated means "Thomas the Small Train". It is narrated by Vina Papadopoulou, with character voices performed by Loukas Frangoulis. The twenty-second to fourth series were aired on Nickelodeon.

    Character Names

    Voice Cast

    Trivia

    • The show was first dubbed into Greek in 2001.
    • The original theme song is in a lower pitch and has lyrics and was performed by Anastasía Goútou.
    • The live action series feature a female voice actor who provides dub and female voices, while a male narrator provides voices for all male characters.
    • The second to fifth and eighth series intro featured scenes of Gordon, Henry and Edward over the first few seconds of the usual intro, so the title could be edited, as HiT did not provide a blank intro. In the original intro (first and second series), only the logo was changed.
    • The eighth series has the original intro.
    • Some DVD releases feature a blank dub of the edited intro.
    • All episodes from the first to fifth series are listed in the credits as being made in 1984.
    • DVD releases of eighth series episodes feature the new theme during the credits, despite the original theme playing during the intro.
    • Ringo Starr is credited as narrator on all episodes from the first to fifth and eighth series, despite only narrating the first two in English. Michael Angelis is also credited from the thirteenth series as well.
    • All television broadcasts of episodes from the first to fifth and eighth series have the Thomas and Gordon title card.
    • On most DVD releases of the eighth series, the first episode has the Thomas and Gordon title card.
    • On some DVD releases of the eighth series, the bridge scene where the title card usually appears is cut out and replaced by the eighth series style title card.
    • From the ninth series until The Great Discovery, the original theme remained with the new intro.
    • The voice actors are not credited.
    • In Calling All Engines!, the narrator accidentally says James instead of Jimmy once.
    • When the thirteenth series aired in 2013, the show was revamped; the characters regained their English names and the Engine Roll Call was completely re-written.
    • The sixth, seventh, twelfth, fifteenth, sixteenth and twenty-first series, as well as Jack and the Sodor Construction Company, Hero of the Rails and Blue Mountain Mystery were never dubbed into Greek.
    • This is the only adaptation to feature Duck as being a female character. However, in the seventeenth series, he regained his original gender.

    Hindi

    In Hindi, the series retains its English title, but written in Devanagari as थॉमस एंड फ्रेंड्स (Thŏmasa eṃḍa phreṃḍsa). It is also known as थॉमस टैंक इंजन और दोस्तों (Thŏmasa ṭaiṅka in̄jana aura dōstōṁ), which means Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. The Hindi dub airs on Disney Junior. The Hindi dub was aired on Pogo.

    Trivia

    • Like some of the Eastern European dubs, the Hindi dubs of the fourth and fifth series credit Michael Angelis as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed.
    • The Hindi narrator is uncredited.
    • In the Hindi dubs of the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and seventeenth series, the narrator reads the English title cards instead of a translation into Hindi.
    • The Pogo dub and Nick Junior dub of the Hindi dub featured different dubs of the Engine Roll Call, however, Nick Junior used the Pogo dub for the intro of the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and seventeenth series.
    • Nick Jr. plays the twelfth series intro for the thirteenth, fourteenth and seventeenth series.
    • In the Hindi dub of Big World! Big Adventures!: The Movie, the musical scene for Where in the World is Thomas? was cut from the movie, but the song was dubbed and featured in the end credits.
    • The first, second, third, sixth and seventh series were never dubbed in Hindi.

    Hungary

    In Hungary, the series is known as "Thomas, a gőzmozdony" (which means "Thomas the Steam Engine"). It is also known as "Thomas és barátai" (which means "Thomas and Friends"). It was first broadcasted on Minimax in 2006 and was later broadcasted on M1 and recently on JimJam. It is narrated by János Bata from series one to three and Zoltán Csankó since the fourth series.

    Character Names

    Voice cast

    Trivia

    Iceland

    In Iceland, the series was known in Icelandic as "Tommi Togvagn og Vinir Hans" (literally: "Thomas the wagon and his friends") and was narrated by David Thor Jonsson, but the series was not very popular, possibly since there is no public railway system in Iceland.

    Voice Cast

    • Jakob Þór Einarsson - TBA
    • Lára Sveinsdóttir - TBA
    • Rósa Guðný Þórsdóttir - TBA
    • Sigríður Eyrún Friðriksdóttir - TBA

    Character Names

    • Thomas - Tommi
    • Edward - Eðvarð
    • Henry - Hinrik
    • Gordon - Gyrðir
    • James - Jakob
    • Percy - Pési
    • Toby - Tobbi
    • Emily - Emilía
    • Hiro - Hiró
    • Charlie - Ketill
    • Victor - Viktor
    • Terence - Trusti
    • Bertie - Berti
    • Cranky - Valtur
    • The Fat Controller - Feiti Eftirlitsmaðurinn
    • Mr. Bubbles - Herra Lofts

    Trivia

    • The first series logo in the intro and the titles of episodes were not translated. To remedy this, the narrator reads the titles aloud.
    • The first series intro credits Ringo Starr as the narrator instead of David Jonsson.
    • The first series can be found on [1] VOD/VHSs. The first seven episodes of the second series were also released on VHS.
    • The thirteenth series can be found on [2] VOD.
    • The thirteenth series was dubbed by Studio Syrland and made in 2016.
    • The thirteenth series intro does not have the "Based on the Railway Series by the Rev W. Awdry" text.

    Indonesia

    In Indonesia, the series retains its English title. It is also known as "Thomas dan Teman-Teman". Indosiar was the first channel to broadcast the series in Indonesia. Budi Santoso narrated the eighth to tenth series, and from the eleventh to twenty-first series it was narrated by Muhammad Nur.

    Character Names

    Location names

    Voice Cast

    • Rio Fitra as Thomas (eleventh - twenty-second series)
    • Sri Hastuti as Thomas (twenty-third series only)
    • Lady Carmelita as Thomas (twenty-fourth series only)
    • Jefri as Edward, Jack, Percy, Henry, Toby, Whiff, Cranky, and Douglas
    • Mahardian Yudha as Edward, and Henry (eighteenth - twenty-first series)
    • Dadan Sundana as Edward, Henry, Gordon, and Toby (thirteenth - twenty-first series)
    • Siwi Dwi Iswanti as Edward, and Rebecca (twenty-fourth series only)
    • Jane Leisilla as James (twenty-third series only)
    • M. Irfan BS as Henry, James, Bertie (twenty-fourth series only)
    • Kuswayanti Woro Dewi as Percy (twenty-third series only)
    • Endah Wahyuni as Percy (twenty-fourth series only)
    • Wan Leoni as Emily (thirteenth - twenty-third series)
    • Uci as Emily (twenty-fourth series only)
    • Sani Oktanisa as Nia (twenty-fourth series only)
    • Ning Abimanyu as Rebecca (twenty-third series only)
    • Rudy Bonham as Philip, and Douglas

    Trivia

    • Michael Angelis is credited as narrator in the opening credits, even though it was re-dubbed.
    • The first to seventh series, and Thomas and the Magic Railroad were never dubbed in Indonesian.
    • Voice actors for each character were used since the eleventh series.
    • This is the second dub, like the Japanese dub, where Thomas and Percy have female voices to sound more child-like(twenty-third - twenty-fourth only)
      • Strangely enough, James and Edward also have female voices starting from the twenty-third or twenty-fourth series.

    Israel

    In Israel, the series was dubbed into Hebrew as "תומס הקטר" (Tomas haKatar, "Thomas the Locomotive") and was later reintroduced as "תומס הקטר וחברים" (Tomas haKatar vaH̱averim, "Thomas the Locomotive and Friends"). However, the series has still been aired as "תומס הקטר" on certain channels. The first five series aired on the Hop! Channel in 2000, the eighth to fourteenth series aired on the Israeli Educational TV and the fifteenth, seventeenth, twentieth, twenty second and twenty third series have aired on Hop!. The twenty fourth series aired on the online streaming service BIGI. Each series was narrated by Simcha Barbiro, Ron Druyan, Dan Schatzberg and Doriel Zohar respectively. When the Israeli JimJam channel began offering optional dubbed versions of its content for a limited time, Nir Ron narrated a different dub of the first to eleventh series.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - תומס - Tomas
    • Edward - אדי - Edi (Hop! dub; first and second series), אדוארד - Eduard (eighth series onwards)
    • Henry - הנרי - Henri
    • Gordon - גורדון - Gordon
    • James - ג'יימס - Jeims
    • Percy - פרסי - Persi
    • Toby - טובי - Tobi
    • Flying Scotsman - סקוטמן - Skotman
    • Emily - אמילי - Emili
    • Spencer - ספנסר - Spenser
    • Rosie - רוזי - Rozi
    • Bash - באש - Bash
    • Dash - דאש - Dash
    • Ferdinand - פרדיננד - Ferdinand
    • Belle - בל - Bel
    • Samson - שמשון - Shimshon
    • Ryan - ריאן - Raien
    • Nia - ניה - Nia
    • Rebecca - רֶבֶּקה - Rebeka (sometimes mispronounced ריבֶּקה - Ribeka)
    • Diesel - דיזל - Dizel
    • Daisy - דייזי - Deizi
    • Salty - סולטי - Solti
    • Den - דן - Dan
    • Dart - דארט - Dart
    • Paxton - פקסטון - Paxton
    • Philip - פיליפ - Filip
    • Stafford - סטפורד - Staford
    • Marion - מאריון - Marion
    • Victor - ויקטור - Viktor
    • Annie - אנני - Enni
    • Clarabel - קלרבל - Klarabel
    • Terence - טרנס - Trans
    • Bertie - ברטי - Berti
    • Kevin - קווין - Kevin
    • Captain - קפטן - Kepten
    • Skiff - סקיף - Skeef
    • Cranky - קראנקי - Kranki
    • Sir Topham Hatt - המפקח השמן - haMfakeaħ haShamen ("The Fat Inspector"; first and second series), מר מגבעת - Mar Migba'at ("Mr. Top Hat"; The Sad Story of Henry), אדון מגבעת - Adon Migba'at ("Sir Top Hat"; Thomas and the Magic Railroad), מנהל התחנה - Mnahel haTaħana ("The Station Manager"; eighth to twelfth series), המפקח הראשי - haMfakeaħ haRashi ("The Main Controller"; thirteenth - fourteenth series, IETV), המפקח הגדול - haMfakeaħ haGadol ("The Big Inspector"; fifteenth - twentieth series, Hop!), המנהל הגדול - haMnahel haGadol ("The Big Manager/Director"; twenty second series onwards)
    • Sailor John - המלח ג'ון - haMalaħ Jon ("Sailor John")

    Voice Cast

    Trivia

    • The Adventure Begins, The Great Race, Journey Beyond Sodor, Thomas' Animal Friends and Thomas and the Royal Engine have not been dubbed into Hebrew, and it is unknown whether or not Jack and the Sodor Construction Company, Hero of the Rails, Misty Island Rescue, Day of the Diesels and Blue Mountain Mystery have ever been dubbed either. The sixteenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twenty first series had to be skipped due to production related reasons.
    • For unknown reasons, Tale of the Brave and King of the Railway were released after Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. The latter premiered in Israel at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque in Summer 2016.
    • Thomas' Christmas Party, Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree, The Missing Christmas Decorations, Santa's Little Engine, Letters to Santa, The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill were not dubbed into Hebrew due to being explicitly Christmas-themed episodes, since the respective series they were in aired on Hop!. However, the first-seventh series later aired on JimJam and dubbed dubs of the first two Christmas episodes were most likely available there.
    • In the first to seventh series:
      • The Island of Sodor was not mentioned by name in the Hop! dub of the first and second series.
      • Edward's nickname Eddie was used in the Hop! dub as his proper name. Since the Educational TV dub of the eighth series, his formal name has been used instead.
      • The word "fireman" was mistranslated as "כבאי" (kabai, "firefighter"). The proper term for a steam engine fireman is "מסיק" (masik, "stoker").
      • Terence's name was mispronounced as "Trance".
      • Tender engines were referred to as "coal engines" (referring to their "coal cars") and tank engines were simply called "steam engines".
    • In the Hop! and BIGI dubs of the fifteenth series onwards:
      • HiT Entertainment's name was mistransliterated as "היט אינטרטיימנט" ("Hit Intertaiment"), instead of "היט אנטרטיינמנט" ("Hit Entertainment"). Several names of the original production crew were poorly transliterated as well.
      • The UK voice cast is credited, albeit with their names in Hebrew, despite the show having been re-dubbed.
      • Sharon Miller was misidentified as male.
      • Den's name was mispronounced as Dan.
      • In the seventeenth series, Sharon Miller was incorrectly credited as head writer and writers from the thirteenth-sixteenth series were still mentioned in the credits, as well as Nitrogen Studios, even though the Arc Productions logo still appeared.
    • In the twenty-fourth series, the intro, The Journey Never Ends, Engine Roll Call and Let's Dream songs were retranslated and rerecorded.
    • In July 2021, A New Arrival and World of Tomorrow were shown together in yes Planet and Cinema City theatres as a full length release titled "הרפתקאות תומס הקטר" (Harpatkaot Tomas haKatar, "The Adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine"). This title was potentially misleading due to possible confusion with Big World! Big Adventures!.

    Italy

    In Italy, the series is known as "Il Trenino Thomas" or "Il Trenino Thomas e i suoi amici" which translates to Thomas the Little Train and his friends. Angelo Maggi narrated the first to fifth series, Giorgio Bonino narrated the sixth to eighth series, plus Calling All Engines! and The Great Discovery, Saverio Ingrio narrated from the ninth to tenth series and Giorgio Locuratolo narrated from the eleventh to the twenty-first series (except for the first five episodes in the production order of the nineteenth series, when he was temporarily replaced by Francesco Facchinetti). Cristina D'Avena narrated The Great Race. The first to fifth series on Disney Channel in 1998, then later on Playhouse Disney and in 2007 the first to eleventh series were aired on JimJam until its shutdown in 2017. The twelfth series was aired once in JimJam in a one-day marathon, then it got passed to Italia 1, which aired the twelfth to thirteenth series, and then to Cartoonito, which aired twelfth to twenty-second series. It also aired on Frisbee from 2019-2022.

    Character Names

    Voice Cast

    Trivia

    Japan

    In Japan, the series is translated as "きかんしゃトーマス" (Romaji: "Kikansha Tōmasu" - Thomas the Locomotive). Thomas is extremely popular in Japan due to the prevalence of railways in everyday life. This dub of the show has also had individual voice actors since the model series. It was broadcast on Fuji Television from the first series until the eighth series and broadcast from the ninth series to the thirteenth series on TV Tokyo and recently on NHK and Cartoon Network. Leo Morimoto was the narrator from the first to the eighth series, followed by Jon Kabira from Calling All Engines! to the twenty-first series. Starting in the twenty-second series, Kumiko Higa, voicing Thomas, has narrated the series.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - トーマス - Tōmasu
    • Edward - エドワード - Edowādo
    • Henry - ヘンリー - Henrī
    • Gordon - ゴードン - Gōdon
    • James - ジェームス - Jēmusu
    • Percy - パーシー - Pāshī
    • Toby - トビー - Tobī
    • Duck (Montague) - ダック (モンタギュー) - Dakku (Montagyū)
    • Donald - ドナルド - Donarudo
    • Douglas - ダグラス - Dagurasu
    • Oliver - オリバー - Oribā
    • Bill - ビル - Biru
    • Ben - ベン - Ben
    • City of Truro - シティ・オブ・トルーロー/セレブリティー - Shiti Obu Torūrō / Sereburitī (Celebrity)
    • Flying Scotsman - フライング・スコッツマン - Furaingu Sukottsuman
    • Stepney - ステップニー - Suteppunī
    • Jinty - ジンティー - Jintī
    • Pug - パッグ/パグ - Paggu / Pagu
    • Bluebell - ブルーベル - Burūberu
    • Primrose - プリムローズ - Purimurōzu
    • Adams - アダムズ - Adamuzu
    • Cromford - クロムフォード - Kuromufōdo
    • Captain Baxter - キャプテンバクスター - Kyaputen Bakusutā
    • Neil - ニール - Nīru
    • Lady - レディー - Redī
    • Harvey - ハーヴィー - Hāvī
    • Emily - エミリー - Emirī
    • Fergus - ファーガス - Fāgasu
    • Arthur - アーサー - Āsā
    • Murdoch - マードック - Mādokku
    • Spencer - スペンサー - Supensā
    • Molly - モリー - Morī
    • Neville - ネビル - Nebiru
    • Rosie - ロージー - Rōjī
    • Whiff - ウィフ - Wifu
    • Billy - ビリー - Birī
    • Stanley - スタンリー - Sutanrī
    • Hank - ハンク - Hanku
    • Flora - フローラ - Furōra
    • Hiro - ヒロ - Hiro
    • Charlie - チャーリー - Chārī
    • Bash - バッシュ - Basshu
    • Dash - ダッシュ - Dasshu
    • Ferdinand - ファーディナンド - Fādinando
    • Scruff - スクラフ - Sukurafu
    • Belle - ベル - Beru
    • Stephen - スティーブン - Sutībun
    • Connor - コナー - Konā
    • Caitlin - ケイトリン - Keitorin
    • Porter - ポーター - Pōtā
    • Gator (Gerald) - ゲイター (ジェラルド) - Geitā (Jerarudo)
    • Timothy - ティモシー - Timoshī
    • Samson - サムソン - Samuson
    • Glynn - グリン - Gurin
    • Sam - サム - Samu
    • Ryan - ライアン - Raian
    • Ashima - アシマ - Ashima
    • Vinnie - ヴィニー - Vinī
    • Frieda - フリーダ - Furīda
    • Gina - ジーナ - Jīna
    • Raul - ラウル - Rauru
    • Yong Bao - ヨンバオ - Yonbao
    • Axel - アクセル - Akuseru
    • Carlos - カルロス - Karurosu
    • Shane - シェーン - Shēn
    • Rajiv - ラジヴ - Rajivu
    • Theo - セオ - Seo
    • Lexi - レキシー - Rekishī
    • Merlin - マーリン - Mārin
    • Hurricane - ハリケーン - Harikēn
    • Nia - ニア - Nia
    • Kwaku - クワク - Kuwaku
    • Beau - ボゥ - Bo~u
    • Hong-Mei - ホンメイ - Honmei
    • Rebecca - レベッカ - Rebekka
    • Tamika - タミカ - Tamika
    • Gabriela - ガブリエラ - Gaburiera
    • Lorenzo - ロレンツォ - Rorentso
    • Sonny - サニー - Sanī
    • Marcia - マルシア - Marushia
    • Marcio - マルシオ - Marushio
    • Duchess - ダッチェス - Datchesu
    • Diesel - ディーゼル - Dīzeru
    • Daisy - デイジー - Deijī
    • BoCo - ボコ - Boko
    • Mavis - メイビス / メービス - Meibisu / Mēbisu
    • The Diesel - ディーゼル261 - Dīzeru 261
    • Diesel 199 - にくのかんづめ - Niku no kan dzume
    • Bear - くま - Kuma
    • Derek - デリック - Derikku
    • 'Arry - ハリー - Harī
    • Bert - バート - Bāto
    • Diesel 10 - ディーゼル10 - Dīzeru 10
    • Splatter - スプラッター - Supurattā
    • Dodge - ドッヂ - Dojji
    • Salty - ソルティー - Sorutī
    • Dennis - デニス - Denisu
    • Den - デン - Den
    • Dart - ダート - Dāto
    • Paxton - パクストン - Pakusuton
    • Norman - ノーマン - Nōman
    • Sidney - シドニー Shidonī
    • Philip - フィリップ - Firippu
    • Hugo - ヒューゴ - Hyūgo
    • Ivan - アイヴァン - Aivan
    • Frankie - フランキー - Furankī
    • Natalie - ナタリー - Natarī
    • Fernando - フェルナンド - Ferunando
    • Shankar - シャンカール - Shankāru
    • Noor Jehan - ヌール・ジャハーン - Nūru Jahān
    • Stafford - スタフォード - Sutafōdo
    • Etienne - エティエンヌ - Etiennu
    • Gustavo - グスタボ - Gustabo
    • Kenji - ケンジ - Kenji
    • Flynn - フリン - Furin
    • Winston - ウィンストン - Winsuton
    • Marion - マリオン - Marion
    • Skiff - スキフ - Sukifu
    • Skarloey - スカーロイ - Sukāroi
    • Rheneas - レニアス - Reniasu
    • Sir Handel (Falcon) - サー・ハンデル (ファルコン) - Sā Handeru (Farukon)
    • Peter Sam (Stuart) - ピーター・サム (スチュアート) - Pītā Samu (Sutyuāto)
    • Duncan - ダンカン - Dankan
    • Duke - デューク - Dyūku
    • Talyllyn - タリスリン - Tarisurin
    • Dolgoch - ドルゴッホ - Dorugohho
    • Smudger - スマージャ - Sumāja
    • Bertram - バートラム - Bātoramu
    • Mighty Mac - マイティマック - Maitimakku
    • Proteus - プロテウス - Puroteusu
    • Freddie - フレディー - Furedī
    • Victor - ビクター - Bikutā
    • Luke - ルーク - Rūku
    • Millie - ミリー - Mirī
    • Rusty - ラスティ - Rasuti
    • Mike - マイク - Maiku
    • Rex - レックス - Rekkusu
    • Bert - バート - Bāto
    • Godred - ゴッドレッド - Goddoreddo
    • Ernest - アーネスト - Ānesuto
    • Wilfred - ウィルフレッド - Wirufureddo
    • Culdee - カルディー - Karudī
    • Patrick (Lord Harry) - パトリック (ロード・ハリー) - Patorikku (Rōdo Harī)
    • Alaric - アラリック - Ararikku
    • Eric - エリック - Erikku
    • Annie - アニー - Anī
    • Clarabel - クララベル - Kuraraberu
    • Henrietta - ヘンリエッタ - Henrietta
    • Alice - アリス - Arisu
    • Mirabel - ミラベル - Miraberu
    • Isabel - イザベル - Izaberu
    • Dulcie - ダルシー - Darushī
    • Agnes - アグネス - Agunesu
    • Ruth - ルース - Rūsu
    • Lucy - ルーシー - Rūshī
    • Jemima - ジェマイマ - Jemaima
    • Gertrude - ガートルード - Gātorūdo
    • Millicent - ミリセント - Mirisento
    • Ada - エイダ - Eida
    • Jane - ジェーン - Jēn
    • Mabel - メイベル - Meiberu
    • Catherine - キャサリン - Kyasarin
    • Old Slow Coach - オールド・スローコーチ - Ōrudo Surōkōchi
    • Slip Coaches - スリップコーチ - Surippukōchi
    • Hannah - ハンナ - Hanna
    • An An - アンアン - An'an
    • Yin-Long - インロン - Inron
    • Dexter - デクスター Dekusutā
    • Aubrey - オーブリー - Ōburī
    • Aiden - エイデン - Eiden
    • Beppe - ベッペ - Beppe
    • Toad - トード - Tōdo
    • Beatrice - ベアトリス/ビアトリス - Beatorisu / Biatorisu
    • Cora - コーラ - Kōra
    • S.C. Ruffey - スクラフィー - Sukurafī
    • Troublesome Trucks - いたずら貨車 / いじわる貨車 - Itazura kasya / Ijiwaru kasya
    • Rocky - ロッキー - Rokkī
    • Hector - ヘクター - Hekutā
    • Jerome - ジェローム - Jerōmu
    • Judy - ジュディ - Judi
    • Lei - レイ - Rei
    • Bradford - ブラッドフォード - Buraddofōdo
    • Terence - テレンス / テランス - Terensu / Teransu
    • Bertie - バーティー - Bātī
    • Trevor - トレバー - Torebā
    • Bulgy - バルジー / バルギー - Barujī / Barugī
    • George - ジョージ - Jōji
    • Caroline - キャロライン - Kyarorain
    • Butch - ブッチ - Bucchi
    • Lorry 1 / 2 / 3 - ローリー - Rōrī
    • Thumper - サンパー - Sanpā
    • Elizabeth - エリザベス - Erizabesu
    • Jack - ジャック - Jakku
    • Alfie - アルフィー - Arufī
    • Nelson - ネルソン - Neruson
    • Max - マックス - Makkusu
    • Monty - モンティ - Monti
    • Kelly - ケリー - Kerī
    • Byron - バイロン - Bairon
    • Ned - ネッド - Needo
    • Oliver - オリバー - Oribā
    • Isobella - イザベラ - Izabera
    • Patrick - パトリック - Patorikku
    • Buster - バスター - Basutā
    • Madge - マージ - Māji
    • Kevin - ケビン - Kebin
    • Ace - エース - Ēsu
    • Angelique - アンジェリク - Anjeriku
    • Tony - トニー - Tonī
    • Brenda - ブレンダ - Burenda
    • Darcy - ダーシー - Dāshī
    • Ester - エスター - Esutā
    • Cleo - クレオ - Kureo
    • Harold - ハロルド - Harorudo
    • Tiger Moth - タイガー・モス - Taigā Mosu
    • Jeremy - ジェレミー - Jeremī
    • Emerson - エマーソン - Emāson
    • Isla - アイラ - Aira
    • Bulstrode - バルストロード - Barusutorōdo
    • Captain - キャプテン - Kyaputen
    • Stefano - ステファノ - Sutefano
    • Cranky - クランキー - Kurankī
    • Colin - コリン - Korin
    • Ol' Wheezy - オールド・ウィージー - Ōrudo Wījī
    • Hee-Haw - ヒーホー - Hīhō
    • Happy Hook - ハッピー・フック - Happī・Fukku
    • Owen - オーエン - Ōen
    • Merrick - メリック - Merikku
    • Reg - レッジ - Rejji
    • Beresford - ベレスフォード - Beresufōdo
    • Carly - カーリー - Kārī
    • Big Mickey - ビッグ・ミッキー - Biggu Mikkī
    • Kobe - コービー - Kōbī
    • Cassia - カッシア - Kasshia
    • Carter - カーター - Kātā
    • Sir Topham Hatt - トップハム・ハット卿 - Toppuhamu Hatto Kyō
    • Lady Hatt - ハット卿夫人 - Hatto Kyō fujin (Sir Topham Hatt's wife)
    • Stephen Hatt - スティーブン・ハット / ステファン・ハット - Sutībun Hatto / Sutefan Hatto
    • Bridget Hatt - ブリジット・ハット - Burijitto Hatto
    • Dowager Hatt - トップハム・ハット卿のお母さん - Toppuhamu Hatto Kyō no Okāsan (Sir Topham Hatt's Mother)
    • Sir Lowham Hatt - ロウハム・ハット卿 - Rouhamu Hatto Kyō
    • Jeremiah Jobling - ジェレマイア・ジョブリング - Jeremaia Joburingu
    • Mrs. Kyndley - キンドリー夫人 / カインドリー夫人 - Kindorī Fujin / Kaindorī Fujin
    • Jem Cole - ジェム・コール - Jemu・Kōru
    • Farmer Trotter - トロッターさん - Torottā san (Mr. Trotter)
    • Nancy - ナンシー - Nanshī
    • Tom Tipper - トム・ティッパー - Tomu Tippā
    • Old Bailey - オールド・ベイリー / オールド・ベリー - Ōrudo Beirī / Ōrudo Berī
    • Mr. Conductor - ミスター・コンダクター - Misutā Kondakutā
    • Junior - ジュニア - Junia
    • Lily - リリー - Rirī
    • Stacy Jones - ステイシー・ジョーンズ - Suteishī Jōnzu
    • Burnett Stone - バーネット・ストーン - Bānetto Sutōn
    • Billy Twofeathers - ビリー・トゥーフェザーズ - Birī Tūfezāzu
    • Patch - パッチ - Patchi
    • Tasha Stone - ターシャ・ストーン - Tāsha Sutōn
    • Cyril the Fogman - シリル - Shiriru
    • Jenny Packard - ジェニー・パッカード - Jenī Pakkādo
    • Farmer McColl - マッコールさん - Makkōru san (Mr. McColl)
    • Allicia Botti - アリシア・ボッティー - Arishia Botī
    • Lord Callan - カレン卿 - Karen kyō
    • The Duke of Boxford - ボックスフォード公爵 - Bokusufōdo Koushaku
    • The Duchess of Boxford - ボックスフォード公爵夫人 - Bokusofōdo Koushakufujin
    • Mr. Percival - ミスター・パーシバル - Misutā Pāshibaru
    • Mr. Bubbles (Kuffy) - バブルスさん (クフィー) - Baburusu-san (Kufī)
    • Sir Robert Norramby - ノランビー伯爵 - Noranbī Hakushaku
    • Sailor John - 船乗りジョン - Funanori Jon
    • Captain Joe - ジョー船長 - Jō Senchō
    • Fergus Duncan - ファーガス・ダンカン - Fāgasu Dankan
    • Willie - ウィリー - Wirī
    • Charubala - チャルバラ - Charubara
    • Ruth - ルース - Rūsu
    • Baz - バズ - Bazu
    • Bernie - バーニー - Bānī
    • The Chinese Dragon - りゅう - Ryū
    • Boulder - ボルダー - Borudā

    Voice Cast

  • Kumiko Higa - Thomas (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series) and The Barrow Football Fan (Useful Railway)
  • Nozomu Sasaki - Edward (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series), Duck (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Donald and Douglas (The Great Race and Big World! Big Adventures! only), Stanley (The Great Race only), Charlie (The Great Race only), Scruff (The Great Race only), Philip (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Stafford (The Great Race only), Flynn (The Great Race only), Harold (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Captain (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Big Mickey (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Workmen (The Adventure Begins) and Sodor United Football Team (Pingy Pongy Pick Up)
  • Jun'ichi Kanemaru - Henry (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series, excluding Edward the Hero), Porter (seventeenth - twenty-third series, excluding Thomas the Quarry Engine), Carlos, Owen, The Photographer (Wild Water Rescue), The Dairy Manager (thirteenth series only), Workmen (The Adventure Begins and Slow Stephen), Some Dock Workers (Blue Mountain Mystery, Kevin's Cranky Friend, Tale of the Brave and Salty All at Sea), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Workers (Helping Hiro and Philip to the Rescue), Some Steamworks Workers (King of the Railway , Snow Place Like Home and Heping Hiro) Some Rail Workers (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure), A Steelworks Worker (Journey Beyond Sodor), Some Passengers (Confusion Without Delay) and The Chinese Guard (Number One Engine)
  • Kenta Miyake - Gordon (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series), Henry (Edward the Hero only), Flying Scotsman (The Great Race - twenty-second series), Merlin, Kwaku, Troublesome Trucks (The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor and Big World! Big Adventures!), Reg, Kobe, Fergus Duncan, The Sodor Brass Band Leader (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure), The Groundsman, Some Barrow Football Players (Reds vs Blues), The Divers, The Bird Watcher (Sidney Sings and P.A. Problems), James' driver (The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor), Theo's driver (Journey Beyond Sodor), Workmen (Emily Saves the World, Reds vs Blues and Big World! Big Adventures!), Some Dock Workers (Emily Saves the World, Who's Geoffrey? and Salty All at Sea), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Workers (Philip to the Rescue), Some Rail Workers (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure), A Knapford Station Workman (The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor), A Painter (Goodbye Fat Controller) and a Baker (Blown Away)
  • Masashi Ebara - James (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series), The Thin Clergyman (twentieth - twenty-fourth series, excluding Journey Beyond Sodor and Big World! Big Adventures!) and The Magician
  • Chie Kōjiro - Percy (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series), Troublesome Trucks (No More Mr. Nice Engine), Some Children (Emily's Winter Party Special, Disappearing Diesels, Lost Property, Helping Hiro and Slow Stephen) and Some Passengers (Reds vs Blues)
  • Tomohiro Tsuboi - Toby (ninth - twenty-fourth series), Sidney (twentieth - twenty-third series), Flynn (Day of the Diesels - twenty-third series, excluding The Great Race and the twenty-first series), Mike (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twentieth series, excluding The Great Race), Troublesome Trucks (Journey Beyond Sodor and The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor), Merrick, Emerson, Some Campers (Mighty Mac and Which Way Now?), A Cuban Dock Worker (Blue Mountain Mystery), Some Rail Workers (Duck in the Water, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and Rocky Rescue), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Workers (Toad and the Whale), Some Orchard Workers (Journey Beyond Sodor), A Steelworks Workers (Journey Beyond Sodor), Duck's driver (Duck in the Water), Mike's driver (Mike's Whistle), Film Crew Leader (Thomas in the Wild), Professor Friedrich, Some Passengers (The Railcar and the Coaches) and Some Crowd Members (The Great Little Railway Show)
  • Kiyonobu Suzuki - Duck (twelfth - twenty-third series, excluding Ryan and Daisy and Big World! Big Adventures!), Mike (The Great Race only), Sir Robert Norramby (King of the Railway Netflix dub - twenty-fourth series, excluding Reds vs. Blues), The Thin Clergyman, (The Great Race), Father Christmas (Last Train for Christmas), The Welsh Bird Watcher (Sidney Sings and Mike's Whistle), An Arlesburgh Harbour Worker (Nia's Bright Idea) and Some Passengers (The Switch and Useful Railway)
  • Shōto Kashii - Duck (Ryan and Daisy only), Beau, Sidney (seventeenth series and The Great Race only), Sir Handel (Blue Mountain Mystery - twenty-fourth series), Troublesome Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures!), The Duke of Boxford, The Airport Manager, The Famous Artist, Mr. Percival, Thomas' driver (Hero of the Rails), Guard (Reds vs Blues), Some Rail Workers (Calling All Engines! and Gordon and Ferdinand), Some Dock Workers (Thomas and the Stinky Cheese, Blue Mountain Mystery and Too Many Fire Engines), A Cuban Dock Worker (Blue Mountain Mystery), Some Railway Inspectors (Too Many Fire Engines and Hugo and the Airship), The Welsh Bird Watcher (Thomas and the Emergency Cable), Some Sodor United Football Players (Reds vs Blues), Franz, The Grumpy Passenger (Runaway Engine and Confused Coaches) and Some Passengers (Henry's Good Deeds, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, The Perfect Gift and Best Engine Ever)
  • Kyousei Tsukui - Donald and Douglas (eleventh - twenty-first series, excluding The Great Race) and The Carpenter
  • Yuta Odagaki - Oliver (eighteenth series - Big World! Big Adventures!), Rajiv, Marcio, Hugo, Rex, The First Slip Coach, Troublesome Trucks (Missing Gator, Journey Beyond Sodor and Big World! Big Adventures!), Oliver (excavator) (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twenty-third series), Tony, Jem Cole (Journey Beyond Sodor), Farmer Finney, The Foreman (twenty-second series only), An Archeologist, Thomas' driver (Thomas and the Monkey Palace), Samson's driver (Samson and the Fireworks), Daisy's driver (The Way She Does It), Workmen (The Perfect Gift, Journey Beyond Sodor and Big World! Big Adventures!), Some Rail Workers (Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Marion and the Pipe, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Confusion Without Delay and What Rebecca Does), A Steamworks Worker (Long Lost Friend and Cautious Connor), A Steelworks Worker (Journey Beyond Sodor), Some Dock Workers (Steam Team to the Rescue), An Australian Railway Worker (Laid Back Shane), A Wellsworth Station Worker (Wish You Were Here), Italian Washdown Workers (Too Loud, Thomas!), The Bird Watcher (The Railcar and the Coaches), The Museum Manager and The Wellsworth Stationmaster (Pouty James and Confusion Without Delay), Some Passengers (The Perfect Gift, The Way She Does It, Confusion Without Delay, Outback Thomas, Gordon Gets the Giggles, Lorenzo's Solo, Too Loud, Thomas! and Steam Team to the Rescue), A Shouting Man (What Rebecca Does), An Indian man (Thomas and the Monkey Palace), An Italian Farmer (Too Loud, Thomas!) and The Knapford Station Speaker (Spencer's VIP, The Perfect Gift and Pouty James)
  • Noriko Shitaya - Bill and Ben (ninth - twenty-fourth series, excluding The Great Race), Troublesome Trucks (Hector the Horrid!, The Smelly Kipper and Big World! Big Adventures!), The Blond-haired Boy (eighteenth series only), One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (Henry's Hero), Some Children (No Snow for Thomas, The Perfect Gift, Daisy's Perfect Christmas and The Great Little Railway Show), Some Passengers (Last Train for Christmas, The Perfect Gift and Samson at Your Service), Some Christmas Carollers (Daisy's Perfect Christmas) and Some Crowd Members (The Great Little Railway Show)
  • Sakura Yoshioka - Bill and Ben (The Great Race only), Caitlin, Mavis (fourteenth - twenty-first series), Annie and Clarabel (Blue Mountain Mystery - twenty-fourth series), Lady Hatt (Day of the Diesels - twenty-second series), Bridget Hatt (Day of the Diesels - twenty-fourth series), The Teacher (The Switch and Very Important Sheep), The Ginger-haired Boy (The Adventure Begins and The Way She Does It), The Lady with the Big Hat (Journey Beyond Sodor), Madeleine, Some Children (Bust My Buffers!, King of the Railway, The Switch, Not Now, Charlie!, No Snow for Thomas, Santa's Little Engine, Old Reliable Edward, Duck and the Slip Coaches, [The Perfect Gift]], The Adventure Begins, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Lost Property, Henry Spots Trouble, A Cranky Christmas, Toad and the Whale, Helping Hiro, Slow Stephen, Reds vs Blues, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, Ryan and Daisy, Pouty James, Letters to Santa, The Railcar and the Coaches, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Skiff and the Mermaid, The Big Freeze, Emily in the Middle, Terence Breaks the Ice, Daisy's Perfect Christmas, Big World! Big Adventures!, Cyclone Thomas, Thomas and the Dragon and The Great Little Railway Show), Some Passengers (Henry's Hero, The Switch, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Spencer's VIP, Samson at Your Service, The Adventure Begins, Henry Spots Trouble, Salty All at Sea, Slow Stephen, Reds vs Blues, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, Pouty James, Cautious Connor, Tit for Tat, Mike's Whistle, Useful Railway, Springtime for Diesel, Tiger Trouble, Thomas and the Dragon, Free the Roads and Heart of Gold), An Indian Woman (Thomas and the Monkey Palace), Audience Members (Reds vs Blues), The Crovan's Gate Station Speaker (Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger), The Kellsthorpe Road Station Speaker (Henry Spots Trouble), The Knapford Station Speaker (Tale of the Brave, Thomas and the Emergency Cable, Samson at Your Service, Two Wheels Good, The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead, No Help At All, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, Sidney Sings, Pouty James, The Railcar and the Coaches, All in Vain, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, The Christmas Coffeepot and Counting on Nia), The Wellsworth Station Speaker (Henry Spots Trouble), Some Crowd Members (Grudge Match and The Great Little Railway Show) and Two Parrots (The Other Big Engine)
  • Miyu Matsuki - Lady (Calling All Engines!)
  • Toshiharu Sakurai - Harvey (ninth - twenty-fourth series, excluding the twentieth series)
  • Kunihiro Kawamoto - Harvey (twentieth series only), Connor, Axel, The Small Mean Engine, Dart, Paxton (Blue Mountain Mystery - twenty-third series), Norman (twentieth - twenty-third series), Ivan, Fernando (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Stafford (All in Vain only), Rheneas (The Great Race only), Bert (The Great Race only), The Third Slip Coach, Yin-Long, Troublesome Trucks (Thomas the Quarry Engine, Missing Gator, Salty All At Sea, Den and Dart, The Other Side of the Mountain, Philip's Number, Big World! Big Adventures! and Crowning Around), Toad (eighteenth - twentieth series), Rocky, Carter, Cyril the Fogman (twenty-second series only), Mr. Bubbles (twenty-third series only), The Coaling Plant Manager (Calling All Engines!), The Dairy Manager (twentieth series only), The Tall Baker, The Welsh Bird Watcher (Stuck in Gear), Some Barrow Football Players (Reds vs Blues), The Museum Manager, The Great Railway Show Judge (The Great Race), Madeleine's Father, The Grumpy Indian Stationmaster, The Elephant Carer, Thomas' driver (Big World! Big Adventures, Kangaroo Christmas and The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge), Percy's driver, (Letters to Santa), Stephen's driver (Slow Stephen), Gator's driver (Long Lost Friend), Ben's fireman (No Steam Without Coal), Emily's fireman (Stuck in Gear), Stephen's fireman (Slow Stephen), Bertie's driver (Unscheduled Stops), The Knapford stationmaster (Big World! Big Adventures!), The Wellsworth stationmaster (Old Reliable Edward), Some Signalman (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, The Other Side of the Mountain, Letters to Santa and The Big Freeze), A Railway Inspector (Lost Property), Workmen (Thomas and the Emergency Cable), Some Rail Workers (Calling All Engines!, Gordon and Ferdinand, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Marion and the Pipe and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure), Some Dock Workers (Day of the Diesels, Too Many Fire Engines, Flatbeds of Fear]] and Stuck in Gear), Some Steamworks Workers (King of the Railway and Helping Hiro), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Center Workers (Rocky Rescue), Some Quarry Workers (Signals Crossed and Toby's New Friend), A Washdown Workman (All in Vain),A Dieselworks Worker (Springtime for Diesel), A Dryaw Station Workman (Letters to Santa), Some Knapford Station Workers (The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead and Big World! Big Adventures!), A Wellsworth Station Worker (Percy's Lucky Day), A Vicarstown Bridge Worker (Big World! Big Adventures!), A Policeman (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure), Some Passengers (Calm Down Caitlin, Percy's Lucky Day, Thomas and the Emergency Cable, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Last Train for Christmas, The Perfect Gift, Salty All At Sea, Reds vs Blues, Goodbye Fat Controller, Sidney Sings, Pouty James, The Railcar and the Coaches, Cautious Connor, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Springtime for Diesel, Unscheduled Stops, The Big Freeze and Big World! Big Adventures!), A Chinese Man (The Water Wheel), Isla's Pilot (Cyclone Thomas), The Crowd (Grudge Match), Audience Members (Reds vs Blues) and Knapford Station Speaker (Thomas the Babysitter, Wild Water Rescue, The Great Race, Sidney Sings, Toby's New Friend, Unscheduled Stops and Counting on Nia)
  • Erina Yamazaki - Emily (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series), Frieda, Frankie (Journey Beyond Sodor trailer only), The Second Slip Coach, An An, Troublesome Trucks (Journey Beyond Sodor, The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor and Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!), The Duchess of Boxford (sixteenth - twenty-second series, excluding Percy and the Calliope and Welcome Stafford), Charubala, The Teacher (Free the Roads), The Lady with the Big Hat (Outback Thomas), The Barrow Football Fan (Reds vs Blues), Madeleine's Mother, Some Passengers (Henry's Good Deeds, The Perfect Gift, Very Important Sheep, Reds vs Blues, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Journey Beyond Sodor, The Big Freeze and Free the Roads), Some Children (Sodor Surprise Day, Lost Property, Very Important Sheep, Wild Water Rescue, The Big Freeze, Emily in the Middle, Panicky Percy and Ace's Brave Jump), A Chinese Woman (The Water Wheel), Isla's Pilot (Cyclone Thomas), Some Audience Members (Reds vs Blues), Some Crowd Members (Ace's Brave Jump) and Knapford Station Speaker (Goodbye Fat Controller, Wild Water Rescue, Unscheduled Stops and Forever and Ever)
  • Shinichirō Miki - Arthur (eleventh series only)
  • Ryoichi Fukuzawa - Murdoch (twelfth series only)
  • Shigenori Sōya - Spencer (tenth - twenty-second series), Gordon's driver (It's Good to be Gordon), Sir Robert Norramby (Reds vs Blues only), The Island Inspector, Some Dock Workers (Henry's Hero), Some Barrow Football Players (Reds vs. Blues), Some Passengers (Best Engine Ever), A Shouting Man (Reds vs. Blues) and Audience Members (Reds vs Blues)
  • Keiko Nemoto - Molly, Whiff (Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks only), Belle, Marion (The Great Race only), Gina (The Great Race only), Daisy (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twenty-fourth series), An American Diesel (Big World! Big Adventures!), Henrietta (eighteenth - twenty-fourth series), Hannah, Elizabeth (eleventh series only), Jack (King of the Railway - twenty-third series), Cassia (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Stephen Hatt (nineteenth - twenty-first series), Elizabeth II, Dowager Hatt (ninth - twenty-fourth series), Dame Bella Canto, The Teacher (Salty All at Sea), The Blonde-haired Boy (nineteenth series onwards), One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (Sidney Sings and Pouty James), The Female Puppet Show Entertainer (P.A. Problems), Ranger Jill, Dr. Hetty, Some Children (Smoke and Mirrors, Emily and Dash, King of the Railway, Lost Property, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Pouty James, Runaway Engine, P.A. Problems, Big World! Big Adventures!, All Tracks Lead to Rome, Mines of Mystery and Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop), Some Passengers (Henry Spots Trouble, Very Important Sheep, Ryan and Daisy, Pouty James, The Railcar and the Coaches, Cautious Connor and Runaway Engine), A Woman (Skiff and the Mermaid), Fair Attendees (World of Tomorrow) and Knapford Station Speaker (Toby's New Friend and Cranky at the End of the Line)
  • Yukito Soma - Neville, Billy and The Baker
  • Hisayo Mochizuki - Rosie, The Teacher (Outback Thomas) and Some Children (Sodor Surprise Day, Outback Thomas and School of Duck)
  • Takayuki Kawasugi - Whiff {{Note|eleventh - [[Series 22|twenty-second series, excluding Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks}}, Troublesome Trucks (Tale of the Brave, Den and Dart, The Other Side of the Mountain, Henry Gets the Express, Diesel and the Ducklings, Bradford the Brake Van, Philip's Number, Journey Beyond Sodor, The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor and Crowning Around), Kevin, Skiff, Stephen Hatt (fourteenth series only), The Blond-haired Boy (fourteenth and fifteenth series), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre workers (Diesel's Ghostly Christmas) and Some Children (Time for a Story, Diesel's Special Delivery, No Snow for Thomas, A Cranky Christmas, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, Gordon Gets the Giggles and Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop)
  • Hiroshi Tsuchida - Stanley (The Great Discovery - twenty-third series, excluding The Great Race) and Some Workmen (Day of the Diesels)
  • Tesshō Genda - Hiro
  • Kan Tanaka - Hiro (Hero of the Rails trailer only), Sir Topham Hatt (Tale of the Brave and Samson Sent for Scrap - twenty-fourth series), Farmer Trotter (thirteenth and sixteenth series) and a passenger (Unscheduled Stops)
  • Hideyuki Kanaya - Charlie (thirteenth - eighteenth series), Hector, Edward's driver (Flatbeds of Fear) and Some Dock Workers (Flatbeds of Fear)
  • Masayasu Wakabayashi - Bash (Misty Island Rescue only)
  • Hiroo Sasaki - Bash {{Note|fourteenth - [[Series 16|sixteenth series}}, Yong Bao, Peter Sam (Blue Mountain Mystery - twenty-fourth series), Troublesome Trucks (Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!), Butch, The Road Finisher, Willie (twenty-fourth series only), Headkeeper Jack (Not Now, Charlie!), A Railway Inspector (Too Many Fire Engines), Thomas' driver (Thomas' Fuzzy Friend), Guard (Thomas and the Emergency Cable), The Grumpy Passenger (Thomas the Babysitter), The Great Railway Show Announcer, A Batucada Player (Batucada), Some Passengers (Big Belle, Samson at Your Service, Henry Spots Trouble and Laid Back Shane), Workmen (Thomas and the Emergency Cable), A Cuban Dock Worker (Blue Mountain Mystery), Some Dock Workers (Blue Mountain Mystery and Thomas' Animal Ark), Crovan's Gate Station Speaker (Duncan the Humbug), Knapford Station Speaker (Samson at Your Service and Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!), The Senegal Race Announcer (Big World! Big Adventures!), Trailer Voice-Over (Thomas Goes to Bollywood) and The Announcer (The Great Little Railway Show)
  • Toshiaki Kasuga - Dash (Misty Island Rescue only)
  • Mitsuhiro Sakamaki - Dash (fourteenth - sixteenth series), Bert (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twenty-fourth series, excluding The Great Race), Dexter, Troublesome Trucks (Emily Knows Best, No More Mr. Nice Engine, Missing Gator, The Other Side of the Mountain and Chucklesome Trucks), Thomas' Trucks, James' Trucks, Bertie (fifteenth - twenty-fourth series), Trevor (ninth - twenty-second series), The Thin Clergyman (Big World! Big Adventures!), The Dairy Manager (ninth and twenty-fourth series), A Tree Specialist (Happy Birthday Sir!), The Welsh Bird Watcher (Three Steam Engines Gruff), Albert, A Cowboy (Big World! Big Adventures!), A Crown Thief, Douglas' driver (Love Me Tender), Emily's driver (Stuck in Gear), Caitlin's driver (Best Engine Ever), Bert's driver (Tit for Tat), Workmen (Reds vs Blues), Some Dock Workers (Who's Geoffrey? , Stuck in Gear and Cranky at the End of the Line), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre workers (Toad and the Whale, Philip to the Rescue, Rocky Rescue and Emily to the Rescue), Some Rail Workers (Gordon and Ferdinand, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and Rocky Rescue), A Shunter (Very Important Sheep), A Knapford Station workman (P.A. Problems), Knapford Station Speaker (Two Wheels Good, The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead, P.A. Problems, Cranky at the End of the Line and Philip's Number), The Man on the Bridge (Who's Geoffrey?), Some Passengers (Mike's Whistle, P.A. Problems and Tiger Trouble), Some Crowd Members (The Great Little Railway Show), The Blue Sea Serpent and A Moai Head (Big World! Big Adventures!)
  • Kōichi Sakaguchi - Ferdinand, Paxton (Day of the Diesels only), Shankar, Etienne, Victor, Beresford, Lord Callan (nineteenth and twenty-first series), The Dock Manager (eighteenth - twenty-first series), The Grumpy Passenger (Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger), Reds vs Blues and P.A. Problems, Sailor John, Thomas' Fireman (Hero of the Rails), Some Sodor United Football Players (Reds vs Blues), The Dock Manager (eighteenth series), The Grumpy Passenger (Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Reds vs. Blues and P.A. Problems), Some Sodor United Football Players (Reds vs. Blues), Workmen (Reds vs Blues), A Quarry Worker (P.A. Problems), Some Dock Workers (Blue Mountain Mystery and Cranky at the End of the Line), A Policeman (Mucking About), A Clown (Gordon Gets the Giggles), Knapford Station Speaker (Kenji on the Rails Again), Audience Members (Reds vs Blues) and Fair Attendees (World of Tomorrow)
  • Kōtarō Nishiyama - Scruff (fourteenth - nineteenth series), Troublesome Trucks (Den and Dart) and The Knapford Station Speaker (Diesel's Ghostly Christmas)
  • Atsuhiko Nakata - Stephen (King of the Railway theatrical dub only)
  • Nobuaki Kanemitsu - Stephen (King of the Railway Netflix dub - twenty-first series), Glynn (The Adventure Begins only), Vinnie, Norman (seventeenth series only), Duncan (twentieth series only), Troublesome Trucks (Emily Knows Best, Saving Edward, Hector the Horrid!, James Works it Out, Percy and the Bandstand, Ho Ho Snowman, King of the Railway, The Smelly Kipper, Tale of the Brave, Missing Gator, Who's Geoffrey?, Salty All At Sea, Henry Gets the Express, Diesel and the Ducklings, Bradford the Brake Van, Daisy's Perfect Christmas and Chucklesome Trucks), Thomas' Trucks, James' Trucks, Bradford, Skarloey Railway Trucks (Wharf and Peace), Ol' Wheezy, Hee-Haw, The Fat Clergyman (twentieth and twenty-first series), Farmer Trotter (fourteenth series only), Cyril the Fogman (eleventh series only), Lord Callan (twentieth series only), The Mayor of Sodor, Mr. Bubbles (thirteenth - fifteenth series), The Photographer (sixteenth series), Headkeeper Jack (Steamie Stafford and Thomas' Animal Ark), The Grumpy Passenger (Cautious Connor and Free the Roads), Some Band Members (ninth series only), Thomas' driver (Day of the Diesels), Percy's driver (Percy and the Calliope), Bill's driver (No Steam Without Coal), Rex's driver (Tit for Tat and Useful Railway), Percy's fireman (Percy and the Calliope), The Peel Stationmaster (Molly's Special Special), The Abbey Stationmaster (Molly's Special Special), The Knapford Stationmaster (ninth - twenty-third series, excluding Big World! Big Adventures! and the twenty-second series), The Dryaw Stationmaster (Thomas and the Toy Shop and Thomas Tries His Best), The Maron Stationmaster (Gordon and the Engineer), The Wellsworth Stationmaster (Edward and the Mail and Salty All At Sea), The Maithwaite Stationmaster (thirteenth and fifteenth series), Signalmen (Thomas and the New Engine, Gordon and the Engineer, Edward and the Mail, Excellent Emily, Thomas and the Runaway Kite, Emily Saves the World, The Great Race and The Missing Breakdown Train), Guard (Toad's Adventure), A Porter (Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks and Confused Coaches), The First Dock Manager (ninth and eleventh series), The Second Dock Manager (Misty Island Rescue - Tale of the Brave, excluding the sixteenth series), The Railway Inspector, The Railway Coal Inspector, The Coaling Plant Manager (tenth series only), The Ice-Cream Factory Manager (ninth series only), The Dairy Manager (eleventh series only), "Dusty" Dave, Some Tree Specialists (Day of the Diesels), The Bird Watcher (Henry's Good Deeds, The Perfect Gift and Who's Geoffrey?), Sodor United Football Team (Pingy Pongy Pick Up), The Great Composer (Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor and P.A. Problems), A Barrow Football Player (Reds vs. Blues), The Great Railway Show Judge (Mike's Whistle), The Indian Actor, The Fat Tiger Hunter, One of Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (Percy and the Calliope and The Adventure Begins), Workmen (Which Way Now? Wharf and Peace, Toby's Triumph, No Snow for Thomas, Emily Saves the World, The Adventure Begins, Helping Hiro and The Missing Breakdown Train), Some Dock Workers (Thomas and the Runaway Car, Merry Winter Wish, Day of the Diesels, Henry's Hero, Too Many Fire Engines, Tale of the Brave, No Steam Without Coal, Emily Saves the World, Timothy and the Rainbow Truck, Who's Geoffrey?, Salty All at Sea and The Great Race), Some Rail Workers (Time for a Story, Santa's Little Engine and The Frozen Turntable), Some Steamworks Workers (Steamy Sodor and King of the Railway), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Workers (Too Many Fire Engines), A Quarry Worker (P.A. Problems),Knapford Station Workers (The Lost Puff and The Adventure Begins) Vicarstown Station Workers (Rosie is Red), Wellsworth Station Workers (Percy's Lucky Day, Tale of the Brave and Rosie is Red), A Shunter (Tale of the Brave), Some Campers (Mighty Mac), Some Farmers (A Smooth Ride and Skarloey Storms Through), The Foreman (Duncan Drops a Clanger), The Fishermen (Which Way Now?), The Second Coaling Plant Manager (Hector the Horrid!), A Policeman (Cool Truckings), The Wharf Manager (Ding-a-Ling), The Knapford Yards Manager (Heave Ho Thomas!), The Farmhands (Wonky Whistle), The Man at the Fire (Race to the Rescue), Some Passengers (Express Coming Through, The Switch, The Adventure Begins, Henry Spots Trouble, Salty All at Sea, Henry Gets the Express, Ryan and Daisy, Cautious Connor, Mike's Whistle, Useful Railway, Free the Roads and Heart of Gold), The Knapford Station Speaker (Tale of the Brave and The Christmas Coffeepot), The Maron Station Speaker (Gordon Runs Dry) and The Giant Panda (Thomas in the Wild)
  • Ryuzou Ishino - Porter (Thomas the Quarry Engine only), Salty (ninth twenty-fourth series), Den, Baz, The Deputy Minister, Thomas' driver (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure), Duck's fireman (Duck in the Water), Workmen (Tale of the Brave and Toad and the Whale), Some Rail Workers (Duck in the Water, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and Confusion Without Delay), A Miner (A Shed for Edward) and Some Passengers (Confusion Without Delay)
  • Toshikazu Miura - Gator (Tale of the Brave only)
  • Hiroaki Tajiri - Gator (eighteenth series only), Timothy (The Great Race only), Samson, Raul, Skarloey (The Great Race only), The Bird Watcher (The Railcar and the Coaches), The Indian Director, The Friendly Indian Stationmaster, Some Dock Workers (Tale of the Brave), The Kellsthorpe Road Stationmaster (Henry Gets the Express) A Quarry Worker (Ryan and Daisy), Some Passengers (Ryan and Daisy and the Railcar and the Coaches), The Man with the Hat (Spencer's VIP), The Knapford Station Speaker (Henry Gets the Express), The Announcer (Shankar's Makeover) and The Fancy Costume Contest Judge (Shankar's Makeover)
  • Takahiro Suzuki - Timothy (Tale of the Brave only)
  • Takuya Iwabata - Timothy (eighteenth series - Big World! Big Adventures!, excluding The Great Race), Troublesome Trucks (Missing Gator and Big World! Big Adventures!), Some Dock Workers (Tale of the Brave) and A Vicarstown Bridge Worker (Big World! Big Adventures!)
  • Chiaki Mori - Marion (Tale of the Brave - twenty-fourth series, excluding The Great Race), Noor Jehan, The Teacher (eighteenth series), One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (Best Engine Ever), The Lady with the Big Hat, Albert's Wife (Thomas the Babysitter), The Knapford Station Speaker (Missing Gator), Some Children (Gordon and Ferdinand, Toby and Bash, Edward the Hero, Race to the Rescue, Steamie Stafford Over the Hill and Daisy's Perfect Christmas), Some Christmas Carollers (Daisy's Perfect Christmas) and Some Passengers (Over the Hill and Confusion Without Delay)
  • Tōru Akiyoshi - Glynn (twentieth - twenty-third series), Troublesome Trucks (Daisy's Perfect Christmas and Chucklesome Trucks), Jerome, Aiden, An Australian Bus (Ace's Brave Jump), Willie (twentieth series only), The Thin Tiger Hunter, Duck's driver (Mike's Whistle), Guard(The Adventure Begins), The Knapford Stationmaster (An Engine of Many Colours), A Signalman (The Adventure Begins), A Railway Inspector (Hugo and the Airship), Some Workmen (The Adventure Begins), A Rail Worker (Apology Impossible), Some Passenger (The Way She Does It, Cautious Connor, Mike's Whistle, Springtime for Diesel, Runaway Engine, Free the Roads, Heart of Gold and Wish You Were Here), Concessions Worker (Thomas and the Monkey Palace), A Chinese Man (The Water Wheel), Some Crowd Members (Ace's Brave Jump), the Knapford Station Speaker (Dowager Hatt's Busy Day and Confused Coaches) and the Wellsworth Station Speaker (The Adventure Begins)
  • Daigo Naitō - Ryan (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only)
  • Katsuhiro Tokuishi - Ryan (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure trailer and twentieth and twenty-first series), Tom Tipper (eighteenth series onwards), Douglas' fireman (Love Me Tender), Some Rail Workers (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure), A Shunter (The Way She Does It), The Tree Specialists (Terence Breaks the Ice), Some Passengers (Ryan and Daisy, The Railcar and the Coaches and Springtime for Diesel) and Knapford Station Speaker (Pouty James and The Railcar and the Coaches)
  • Masafumi Kobatake - Sam , Coffee Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures!) and A Brazilian Railway Worker (Big World! Big Adventures!)
  • Naomi Watanabe - Ashima (The Great Race only)
  • Misa Ishii - Ashima (The Great Race trailer and twenty-second series - twenty-fourth series), The Chinese Diesel Shunter (Big World! Big Adventures!), Troublesome Trucks (Journey Beyond Sodor and Big World! Big Adventures!), Carly, Albert's Wife (Unscheduled Stops), Cowgirls (Big World! Big Adventures!), Some Great Railway Show Audience Members (The Great Race), A Child (P.A. Problems), Some Passengers (P.A. Problems and Tiger Trouble), the Knapford Station Speaker (Journey Beyond Sodor, P.A. Problems, Unscheduled Stops and Philip's Number) and The Vicarstown Station Speaker (The Great Race)
  • Moe Yamaguchi - Gina - (Digs and Discoveries theatrical release only)
  • Tamaki Orie - Gina (twenty-third - twenty-fourth series), Sonny (The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge only), The Chinese Diesel Shunter (twenty-second series), Troublesome Trucks (Shankar's Makeover), Brenda, Isla, Cassia (twenty-third series onwards), Stephen Hatt (twenty-third and twenty-fourth series), The Indian Fashion Designer, Dr. Kim, A Chinese Women (The Water Wheel), a Chinese Woman (The Water Wheel), a Passenger (Wish You Were Here), Fair Attendees (World of Tomorrow) and Some Children (Emily's Best Friend, James the Super Engine, Thomas' Not-So-Lucky Day and Thomas' Animal Ark)
  • Ryōsuke Morita - Shane, The Male Chinese Breakdown Crane (The Water Wheel), Chinese Men (The Water Wheel), A Rail Worker (Apology Impossible), A Dock Worker (Apology Impossible), Monkey Palace Announcer (Thomas and the Monkey Palace), The Australian Announcer (Ace's Brave Jump) and Some Crowd Members (Ace's Brave Jump)
  • Kazuko Kurosawa - Lexi (Journey Beyond Sodor only)
  • Tomoko Murakami - Theo (Journey Beyond Sodor only)
  • Emiko TakeuchiTheo (Journey Beyond Sodor trailer only), Alfie (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twenty-third series), Mia, The Teacher (Mike's Whistle), The Ginger-haired boy (Useful Railway), The Blond-haired boy (twentieth series only), A Passenger (Mike's Whistle) and Some Children (Too Loud, Thomas! and James the Super Engine)
  • Isamu Yusen - Hurricane, Gustavo, Stefano, The Thin Clergyman (Journey Beyond Sodor), Gordon's driver (The Adventure Begins), The Vicarstown Stationmaster (Steam Team to the Rescue), A Signalman (The Adventure Begins), A Knapford Station Worker (The Adventure Begins and Journey Beyond Sodor), Some Indian Railway Workers (Shankar's Makeover) and Knapford Station Speaker (Thomas' Fuzzy Friend)
  • Yoshino Aoyama - Nia
  • Kento Shiraishi - The Brazilian Tank Engine, Fernando (twenty-third series only) , Troublesome Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures!), Ace (twenty-fourth series only), Racing Car # 4, A Cowboy (Big World! Big Adventures!) and Thomas' driver (Thomas and the Royal Engine), Thomas' fireman (Thomas and the Royal Engine), A Knapford Station Workman (Thomas and the Royal Engine), A Vicarstown Station Workman (Thomas and the Royal Engine) and A Washdown Workman (Thomas and the Royal Engine)
  • Mikoto Nakai - Hong-Mei, Tamika, Duchess, Stephen Hatt (twenty-second series only), Jenny Packard (twenty-third series only), Some Children (Forever and Ever, Thomas Goes to Bollywood, Hunt the Truck and Ace's Brave Jump), Some Passengers (Outback Thomas and Laid Back Shane) A Chinese Woman (The Water Wheel), Some Crowd Members (Ace's Brave Jump), Knapford Station Speaker (An Engine of Many Colours) and A Kangaroo (Deep Trouble)
  • Maki Uchiyama - Rebecca, Marcia, Aubrey, Troublesome Trucks (Shankar's Makeover), Ester, Prince Charles, The Teacher (Cyclone Thomas), Albert's Wife (Free the Roads), A Batucada Player (Batucada), Little Thomas, Some Children (An Engine of Many Colours, Gordon Gets the Giggles, Too Loud, Thomas!, Emily to the Rescue, Shankar's Makeover, Thomas' Not-So-Lucky Day, Ace's Brave Jump, Cleo's First Snow and Kenji on the Rails Again), Some Passengers (Tiger Trouble, Free the Roads and Too Loud, Thomas!), and Some Crowd Members (Ace's Brave Jump)
  • Aoi Koga - Gabriela, Darcy, Cleo, The Ginger-haired Boy (Gordon Gets the Giggles), Sodor Rangers, Some Children (Emily's Best Friend, Nia's Bright Idea and Thomas' Animal Ark), and A Monkey (Thomas Makes a Mistake)
  • Akira Kawashima - Lorenzo (Digs and Discoveries theatrical release only)
  • Hinata Tadokoro - Lorenzo (twenty-third and twenty-fourth series), The Big Mean Engine, Flynn (twenty-first series only), Troublesome Trucks (The Adventure Begins), Terence (twenty-first and twenty-third series), Bulgy (twenty-first - twenty-fourth series), Big Mickey (twenty-first - twenty-third series, excluding Big World! Big Adventures!), The Photographer (twenty-first series only), Bernie, A Crown Thief, A Batucada Player (Batucada), Thomas' driver (World of Tomorrow), Percy's fireman (Thomas and the Royal Engine), The Mainland Stationmaster (Thomas and the Royal Engine), The Knapford Stationmaster (A New Arrival), A Dieselworks Worker (Daisy's Perfect Christmas), A Brazilian Railway Worker (Batucada), Some Ulfstead Castle Worker (Heart of Gold and Nia's Bright Idea), A Wash Down Worker (Thomas and the Royal Engine), Some Dock Workers (A New Arrival), Some Passengers (Free the Roads), Some Christmas Carollers (Daisy's Perfect Christmas), Fair Attendees (World of Tomorrow) and The Red Sea Serpent
  • Junpei Gotô - Sonny (Marvellous Machinery theatrical release only)
  • Ken Sanders - Diesel (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series), Norman (Day of the Diesels only) and Sidney (eighteenth series only)
  • Shinichi Ishihara - Diesel (singing voice; The Great Race, Big World! Big Adventures! and Diesel Do Right)
  • Kumiko Itō - Mavis (Calling All Engines! - thirteenth series), The Duchess of Boxford (Hero of the Rails only) and Some Children (Henry's Lucky Day and Thomas and the Lighthouse)
  • Shinichi Namiki - 'Arry and Bert (Calling All Engines! - twenty-first series)
  • Kiyoyuki Yanada - Diesel 10 (Calling All Engines! only)
  • Takaya Kuroda - Diesel 10 (Misty Island Rescue only), Cranky (ninth - twenty-fourth series), A Cuban Dock Worker (Blue Mountain Mystery) and A Policeman (World of Tomorrow)
  • Ryōta Yamasato - Diesel 10 (Day of the Diesels only)
  • Yohei Nishina - Diesel 10 (seventeenth series only) and The Engineer (Gordon and the Engineer)
  • Tsutomu Densaka - Dennis
  • Daiki Kobayashi - Philip (nineteenth - twenty-fourth series, excluding Big World! Big Adventures!) and Lei
  • Kozo Dozaka - The Mainland Diesels, Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Workers (Journey Beyond Sodor) and A Steelworks Worker (Journey Beyond Sodor)
  • Miyuki Oshima - Frankie (Journey Beyond Sodor only)
  • Yurina Amami - Natalie, Coffee Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures!), Angelique and A Station Speaker (Big World! Big Adventures!)
  • Kento Kaku - Kenji (Marvellous Machinery theatrical release only)
  • Wataru Hatano - Winston (Blue Mountain Mystery - nineteenth series), Luke, Harold (Calling All Engines! - twenty-fourth series, excluding Big World! Big Adventures!), Thomas' fireman (The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge), A Knapford Station worker (Goodbye Fat Controller), Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Workers (Sidney Sings), Some Quarry Workers (Toby's New Friend), Some Passengers (Henry Spots Trouble and Runaway Engine) and A man (Skiff and the Mermaid)
  • Tokuyoshi Kawashima - Stafford (sixteenth series - The Way She Does It), Rusty (ninth - twenty-fourth series), A Quarry Worker (Signals Crossed), The Male Puppet Show Entertainer, A Passenger (The Great Little Railway Show) and Some Crowd Members (The Great Little Railway Show)
  • Hideyuki Umezu - Skarloey (ninth - twenty-fourth series, excluding The Great Race), Bill's fireman (No Steam Without Coal) and A Quarry Worker (Signals Crossed)
  • Daiki Nakamura - Rheneas (ninth - twentieth series, excluding The Great Race), Farmer McColl (tenth - twenty-fourth series), The Dock Manager (sixteenth series only), The Search and Rescue Centre Manager, The Chinese Railway Inspector, Workmen (Emily Saves the World), Some Steamworks Workers (Wonky Whistle and King of the Railway), Some Dock Workers (Blue Mountain Mystery), A Blue Mountain Quarry Worker (Blue Mountain Mystery) and Some Passengers (Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger)
  • Bunkō Ogata - Sir Handel - (tenth and eleventh series)
  • Satoshi Katougi - Peter Sam (ninth - eleventh series)
  • Chikara Osaka - Duncan (ninth - eighteenth series)
  • Taketoshi Kawano - Mighty Mac and A Signalman (Thomas and the Stinky Cheese)
  • Tomohiro Nishimura - Freddie
  • Minako Saito - Millie, Troublesome Trucks (Chucklesome Trucks), Some Children (Not Now, Charlie!, The Way She Does It and Over the Hill), Some Passengers (Over the Hill) and Knapford Station Speaker (Dowager Hatt's Busy Day and Confused Coaches)
  • Saori Gotō - Annie and Clarabel (ninth - eleventh series)
  • Hiroshi Tamura - Beppe (Digs and Discoveries theatrical release only)
  • Masanori Nakai - Troublesome Trucks (The Adventure Begins)
  • Anju Nitta - Troublesome Trucks (The Adventure Begins)
  • Kazuyoshi Hosoya - Troublesome Trucks (Journey Beyond Sodor)
  • Marie Oi - Troublesome Trucks (Daisy's Perfect Christmas), Judy, One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (Springtime for Diesel) and The Female Puppet Show Entertainer
  • Haruka Jintani - Coffee Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures!), Beppe (twenty third and twenty-fourth series), Italian Stationmaster (All Tracks Lead to Rome), A Cowboy (Big World! Big Adventures!), Dakar Docks Merchant (Big World! Big Adventures!) and some Passengers (All Tracks Lead to Rome and Mines of Mystery)
  • Tatsuya Tōjō - Coffee Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures!) and Racing Car # 3
  • Naoto Fuuga - Troublesome Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures!)
  • Takafumi Kawakami - Bertie (ninth - twelfth series)
  • Hideki Nakanishi - Jack (The Great Discovery - twelfth series)
  • Hayato Fujii - Max and Monty (twentieth series onwards), Some Passengers (Free the Roads and Laid Back Shane) and An Australian Railway Worker (Laid Back Shane)
  • Nanaho Katsuragi - Madge, Allicia Botti (eleventh -fourteenth series) and The Storyteller
  • Issa Hentona - Ace (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
  • Taisuke Yamamoto - Jeremy
  • Kentarō Hayami - Captain (Misty Island Rescue theatrical dub only)
  • Hidenari Ugaki - Captain (Misty Island Rescue DVD - twenty-third series, excluding Big World! Big Adventures!)
  • Rokurō Naya - Sir Topham Hatt (Calling All Engines! - Samson at Your Service, excluding Tale of the Brave) and Sir Lowham Hatt (thirteenth series only)
  • Ikumi Sugiyama - Lady Hatt (tenth - thirteenth series) and Jenny Packard (The Great Discovery only)
  • Yuko Mizobe - Stephen Hatt (tenth series only), Bridget Hatt (tenth - thirteenth series) and Some Children (The Green Controller, Sticky Toffee Thomas, James the Second Best, The Lion of Sodor and Time For a Story)
  • Yūko Nishi - Stephen Hatt (thirteenth series only), The Teacher (thirteenth series), Bridget Hatt's Friends and Some Children (Double Trouble, Slippy Sodor, Thomas and the Pigs and The Biggest Present of All)
  • Hiro Nakajima - Bridget Hatt (fourteenth series only), The Duchess of Boxford (Percy and the Calliope and Welcome Stafford only), The Laundry Lady and Some Children (Charlie and Eddie, Diesel's Special Delivery, Pop Goes Thomas and Merry Misty Island)
  • Sayuri Hara - Alice
  • Katsunosuke Hori - The Admiral
  • Shingo Fujimori - Sir Robert Norramby (King of the Railway theatrical dub only)
  • Shinichiro Kamio - Captain Joe and Some Passengers (Pouty James)
  • Himari Mochida - Ruth
  • Nozomi Kojyo - Bridget Hatt's Friends and Some Children (The Green Controller, James the Second Best, The Lion of Sodor, Double Trouble, Slippy Sodor, Time for a Story and The Biggest Present of All)
  • Hinako Sasaki - Bridget Hatt's Friends and Some Children (Double Trouble, Slippy Sodor, Thomas and the Pigs and Time For a Story)
  • Yuna Tamaki - The Ginger-haired Boy (fourteenth - seventeenth series) and Some Children (Gordon and Ferdinand, Edward the Hero, Race to the Rescue and Emily's Winter Party Special)
  • Norihito Hase - A Batucada Player (Batucada), Dr. Holyfield, The Vicarstown Stationmaster (A New Arrival), Some Dock Workers (A New Arrival) and Fair Attendees (World of Tomorrow)
  • Aimi Tanaka - Some Children (Steamie Stafford)
  • Hikari Takimoto - The Knapford Station Speaker (The Adventure Begins) and Some Passengers (The Adventure Begins)

  • Trivia

    • In 1973, Poplar Publishing released the Japanese translation of Awdry's 26 Railway Series books. The series was translated by Kuwabara Saburou and Shimizu Shuyu. Motoo Kuroiwa supervised the technical terms of the railway. On November 2023, Really Useful Engines will be published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Railway Series in Japan. The book was translated by Mizuhito Kanehara.
    • Some Japanese DVDs include Railway Series stories narrated by Yoko Asagami.
    • Japan is the first country that gave the show its own individual voice cast predating Thomas and the Magic Railroad and the CGI era of the series (Series 13-24).
    • Several Japanese exclusive Thomas and Friends video games were released there.
    • In this dub, the nameboards are used for introduction of the characters who appeared in each episode (The restored versions replace the nameboards with an image of the character in that episode instead). From the eighth series, the narrator calls the title of the episode at the end of each episode.
    • Many Japanese DVDs feature Head-on Promos of each character featured in the DVD episodes on the back covers.
    • 'Arry is called "Harry" in this dub.
    • After the eighth series, the original voice cast affiliated with Aoni Production was replaced with a new voice cast affiliated with 81 Produce due to the show being switched to another broadcasting station.
    • The eleventh series episodes use the eighth, ninth, and tenth series opening.
    • It is unknown why the twelfth series was not aired, but it is believed that Japanese kids would be confused upon seeing the mixture of live-action with CGI, which is ironic considering the fact a handful of movies mixed with CGI and live-action have been released and redubbed for that country to appeal with Japanese audiences. However, Heave Ho Thomas!, Saved You! and Best Friends have been shown at Thomas Land's 3D Theatre and Excellent Emily, Saved You!, James Works it Out and Percy and the Bandstand were released on Unaired Video Collection. However, The former two episodes have yet to be released to the Japanese public.
    • In the seventeenth series, the opening credits credited Greg Tiernan as a director from Steamie Stafford, the first episode of the series in Japanese broadcast order, but it was fixed from Gone Fishing, the thirteenth episode of the series.
    • Jack and the Sodor Construction Company was never dubbed in that country. It was originally going to be dubbed in Japanese for Japanese audiences. as seen in the Japanese credits in the Japanese VHS releases of the two Series 6 episodes, Jack Jumps In and A Friend in Need, the two-part pilot episodes of the spin-off, but due to Gullane Entertainment going bankrupt with higher budget costs following HiT Entertainment's full on takeover in 2003 following the production of Series 8 beginning sometime that same year, the progress to have the spin-off being dubbed over into Japanese was eventually cancelled and never given the light of day.
    • The reason why Thomas, Percy, Jack, Bill and Ben were given female actors instead of male actors was because they were made to sound more younger and child like compared to the non-Japanese voices, which is common in Japanese dubs of Western and American animated television shows, as well as anime.
    • The CGI specials are slowed down to 24 FPS, adding an extra two minutes to their length. As a result, their audio is slightly distorted and low-pitched.
    • Both the opening credits (with the exception of the title card) and closing credits from The Adventure Begins are left in English.
    • From Hero of the Rails to Tale of the Brave, the English credits are played before the Japanese credits, and the logos appear after each credits sequence. From The Great Race to Big World! Big Adventures!, the Japanese credits replace the English credits (with the exception of The Great Race, where it has the English credits before the post-credits scene).
    • Some model era DVDs were released as Thomas Classic Collection from the first series to the seventh series, and it was also released as Thomas New Classic Collection from the ninth series to the eleventh series. Series 8 is the only season of the new model era that never rereleased any of its episodes into the Thomas New Classic Collection DVD sets despite the fact this series was released on DVD earlier in 2006 in six DVD sets. The reason why is currently unknown with the exception of the Japanese voice cast being switched over for Series 9 and that this season's Japanese dub was possibly forgotten to time despite the other major fact that all 26 episodes from Series 8 were dubbed, localised, translated, and released into the Japanese language on DVD and television for that country.
    • Calling All Engines! was released 3 times: The first time was on DVD in 2008, the second time was on Cartoon Network in 2009, and the third time was in 2014 when it was given its Japanese theatrical release, five years after its television release on the Japanese Cartoon Network.
    • Due to the immense popularity of the Japanese version, various Thomas merchandise, such as toys (Departing Now) and books (Thomas the Tank Engine Encyclopedia), were released exclusively in that country.
    • Ever since the launch of Cartoon Network's Cartoonito block in Japan, episodes from Series 19 to 21 have been rebroadcasted.

    Latin America

    In Latin American countries, the series is called "Thomas y sus amigos". Discovery Kids was the first channel that aired the series from 2002 to 2018. It is often broadcasted on Canal 5 in Mexico, but it used to air on Canal 9 in Argentina, Global TV in Peru, Azteca 7 in Mexico, TVN and Telecanal in Chile, among many other channels throughout the Central and South American continent.

    The dub was provided by Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. in Shining Time Station, Diego Brizzi from the first-twelfth series, Óscar Gómez from Hero of the Rails to the twenty-first series, Héctor Cuevas, voicing Thomas, from the twenty second series to Ace's Brave Jump and Marc Winslow, voicing Thomas, from Nia's Bright Idea to the end of the twenty-fourth series.


    Voice Cast

    Since Hero of the Rails, there has been a voice cast:

  • Víctor Ugarte - Thomas
  • Blas García - Henry
  • Salvador Nájar - Gordon
  • Uraz Huerta - James
  • Diana Santos - Percy
  • Rolando de Castro - Toby
  • Gabriela Gómez - Lady
  • Luis Alfonso Padilla - Diesel 10
  • Ernesto Lezama - Splatter
  • Ricardo Mendoza - Dodge
  • Diana Pérez - Annie and Clarabel
  • Roberto Carrillo - Bertie
  • Edson Matus - Harold
  • Alejandro Vargas Lugo - Mr. Conductor
  • Luis Daniel Ramírez - Junior
  • Gaby Ugarte - Lily
  • Liliana Barba - Stacy Jones
  • Jorge Santos - Burnett Stone
  • Adrián Fogarty - Billy Twofeathers
  • Xóchitl Ugarte - Patch
  • Pilar Escandón - Lily's Mother

  • Irwin Daayán - Thomas
  • Luis Alfonso Padilla - Henry
  • Jorge Roig - Gordon
  • Eduardo Garza - James
  • Gabriel Gama - Percy
  • César Árias - Toby
  • Lupita Leal - Lady
  • Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza - Diesel 10
  • Martín Soto - Splatter
  • Carlos Íñigo - Dodge
  • Jorge Roig Jr. - Bertie
  • Jorge Santos - Harold
  • Salvador Delgado - Mr. Conductor
  • José Antonio Macías - Junior
  • Leyla Rangel - Lily
  • Elsa Covián - Stacy Jones
  • Humberto Solórzano - Burnett Stone
  • José Luis Orozco - Billy Twofeathers
  • Rebeca Manríquez - Lily's Mother
  • Armando Coria - P.T Boomer

  • Harold Salazar - All male characters
  • Mara Brenner - All female characters

  • Character Names

    Location Names

    Trivia

    Latvia

    In Latvia, the series is called "Tomass un Draugi" and is narrated by Robert Dreija. The dub uses a voice over method similar to the original Ukrainian dub of the first four series and the Lithuanian dub. The Latvian dubs air on Kidzone TV and Kidzone TV Plus. And in the twenty-second to twenty-fourth series, the narrator was changed.

    Characters Names

    Trivia

    Lithuania

    In Lithuania, the series is called "Tomas ir Draugai". The episodes are voiced over the English dub, similar to the Ukrainian and Latvian dubs. The dubs air on Kidzone TV and Kidzone TV Plus

    Characters Names

    • Thomas - Tomas
    • Edward - Edvardas
    • Henry - Henro
    • Gordon - Gordonas (seventeenth to twenty-first series)/Gordono (twenty-second to twenty-fourth series)
    • Marion - Marionas
    • Diesel - Dizele (seventeenth to twenty-first series)/Dyzelis (twenty-second to twenty-fourth series)
    • Winston - Winstonus
    • Duncan - Duncanas
    • Millie - Mile
    • Toad - Rupūžės

    Trivia

    Malaysia

    In Malaysia, the series retains its English title. And only the eleventh to eighteenth series were dubbed in Malay. The Malay dubs used to air on Astro Ceria and it is now broadcasted on TV3 and also available on Astro on VOD, Both Sharul Titis and Zahisham Ujang are two of the narrators that dubbed unknown series.

    Trivia

    • The songs were never dubbed in Malay.
    • The twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-third series were aired on TV3 in 2018 with the English dub.
    • The first ten series, the eighteenth, nineteenth and twenty-second series were never aired either dubbed or with the English dub.

    Middle East

    In Arabic speaking countries, the series is known as توماس والأصدقاء (transliterated: Tumas Wal'Asdiqa). It is dubbed in Literary Arabic across several dubs. It was narrated by Fouad Shamas in the first, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth to eleventh series and by Ali Al-Qasim in the sixteenth to nineteenth series. The Arabic dub of the seventh series was aired on Ajyal. The Arabic dub of the thirteenth to fifteenth series was aired on Baraem and Jeem TV. The Arabic dub of the sixteenth to nineteenth, twenty-second, twenty-third series, Tale of the Brave and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure was aired on Spacetoon.

    Character Names


    Voice Cast

    Image Production House (Series 13-15)

    • Imad Feghaly - Thomas
    • Khaled Al-Sayed - TBA
    • Fadi Al-Rifai - TBA
    • Shadi Shamas - TBA
    • Raleen Dagher TBA
    • Jihan Malla - TBA
    • Maher Shawa - TBA
    • Ibrahim Madi - TBA
    • Zeina Daher - TBA

    Venus Centre (Series 16 onwards)

    • Taleb Al Refaei - Thomas
    • Rafat Bazoo - TBA
    • Muhammad Mostafa - TBA
    • Adel Abo Hassoon - TBA
    • Adnan Abdul Jalil - TBA
    • Asima Youssef - TBA
    • Kamel Najma - TBA
    • Raghda Khateb - TBA
    • Nidal Gohar - TBA
    • Evelyn Hassan - TBA
    • Samer Ismail - TBA
    • Tariq Al-Miski - TBA
    • Muhammad Aytouni - TBA
    • Mamoun Al-Rifai - TBA
    • Yahya Kafri - TBA
    • Muhammad Khair Abou Hassoun - TBA

    Trivia

    Norway

    In Norway, the series is known as "Lokomotivet Thomas" (Thomas the Engine) or "Thomas og Vennene Hans" (Thomas and his Friends). It has been narrated by Ane Barmen since the eighteenth series. Trine Lossius Borg narrated the first two series on TV and VHS for the third and fourth series on home video. Gro Solemdal narrated the third to fourth series on TV and the fifth series on both TV and home video. Terje Strømdal narrated the sixth series and Kalle Øby narrated the eighth series until Tale of the Brave.

    Voice Cast

    • Espen Sandvik - Thomas, Henry, Toby and Spencer and Troublesome Trucks (Tale of the Brave only)
    • Øyvind Borgemoen Lyse - Edward, Gordon, Stephen, Norman, Luke, Merrick, Troublesome Trucks, Bertie (sixteenth series only), Sir Topham Hatt and Sir Lowham Hatt
    • Helge Winther Larsen - James, Hiro, Diesel (eighteenth series only), Sidney, Winston, Sir Handel, Kevin, The Duke of Boxford and Sir Robert Norramby
    • Anders Sundstedt - Percy (Hero of the Rails-Day of the Diesels and Blue Mountain Mystery), Ben, Porter, Victor (Hero of the Rails-Day of the Diesels and Blue Mountain Mystery), Rheneas (sixteenth series only), Rocky (Hero of the Rails only), Owen and The Mayor of Sodor (thirteenth series only)
    • Erik Skjøld - Percy (King of the Railway and Tale of the Brave)
    • Marit Berg - Emily (Hero of the Rails - Tale of the Brave), Belle (seventeenth series only), Mavis (Hero of the Rails - Tale of the Brave), Millie, Clarabel, The Duchess of Boxford
    • Marianne Westby - Emily, Belle, Mavis, Annie, Clarabel, Troublesome Trucks (King of the Railway only), Lady Hatt and Dowager Hatt
    • Christoffer Staib - Stanley, Dash, Diesel (thirteenth - sixteenth series), 'Arry, Diesel 10 (Misty Island Rescue only), Harold (Misty Island Rescue - fifteenth series), Cranky (thirteenth - sixteenth series), Captain, Flynn (fifteenth - sixteenth series), Merrick, Farmer McColl (thirteenth - sixteenth series) and The Mayor of Sodor (sixteenth series only)
    • Lena Meieran - Rosie, Belle (fifteenth series only), Caitlin, Annie, Dowager Hatt, Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, Allicia Botti
    • Christian Greger Strøm - Bill, Ferdinand, Scruff, Salty, Dart, Paxton, Stafford, Rusty, Rocky (thirteenth - seventeenth series), Mr. Percival, Mr. Bubbles and Farmer Trotter
    • Sigbjørn Solheim - Duck, Harvey, Whiff, Charlie, Bash, Connor, Bert, Den, Skarloey, Rheneas (seventeenth series only), Peter Sam, Bertie (fifteenth and seventeenth series), Butch
    • Benedikte Kruse - Lady Hatt (thirteenth - fifteenth series), the Teacher and the Blonde-haired Boy
    • Simen Sand - Diesel 10 (seventeenth series only) and Cranky (seventeenth series only)
    • Fredrik Paasche - Flynn (seventeenth series only)
    • Jon Erling Wevling - The Photographer (Flash Bang Wallop! only), The Great Composer
    • Stig Krogstad - Stanley, Hiro, Stephen, Dart, Rheneas and Owen
    • Simen Sand - Porter, Diesel 10, Salty, Skarloey, Rocky, Cranky and Reg
    • Fredrik Paasche - Timothy, Den and Flynn
    • Scott Maurstad - Bill, Ben, Connor, Paxton, Rusty, Luke and Jack
    • Per Skjøldsvik - Gator, Winston, Sir Handel, Sir Robert Norramby
    • Gaute Boris Skjegstad - Peter Sam
    • Trond Teigen - Victor (King of the Railway only), Mr. Percival
    • Sarah MacDonald Berge - Caitlin, Millie and Troublesome Trucks (King of the Railway only)
    • Tiril Heide-Steen - Marion

  • Martin Lange - Thomas
  • Paul Ottar Haga - James
  • Ingve Connolly Gran - Percy
  • Fredrik Steen - Sir Topham Hatt
  • Stig Henrik Hoff - Duncan

  • Character Names

    Location Names

    Trivia

    • The show was first shown in Norway in 1986 and was the first country to dub the series into another language.
    • Thomas and the Magic Railroad, the seventh and twelfth series and Jack and the Sodor Construction Company were never shown in Norway. The eleventh series never aired on television; it was released direct to DVD, except for Thomas and the Stinky Cheese and Percy and the Left Luggage, which were only released on the internet. The last six episodes of the fifth series were never released on VHS or DVD but they have been broadcasted.
    • For unknown reasons, Calling All Engines! was released before the eighth series, The Great Discovery was released on DVD between the ninth and tenth series, Hero of the Rails was released on DVD in the middle of the tenth series, Misty Island Rescue was released during the eleventh series, Day of the Diesels was released at the end of the eleventh series and Blue Mountain Mystery was released in the middle of the thirteenth series.
    • The opening titles credited the UK narrators and not the Norwegian narrator. However, most videos did credit Trine Lossius Borg, although this was also on the tapes she did not narrate. Later TV airings also had a last frame of Norwegian credits after the normal credits.
      • In the Norwegian TV dubs of the third series told by Gro Solemdal, the first thirteen episodes credit George Carlin, while the last thirteen episodes credit Michael Angelis, despite being re-dubbed.
    • On home video, during the first four series, as well as the sixth series on TV and video, the narrator reads the episode's title. This stopped after the eighth series, although in some eleventh series episodes, the narrator says the episode's title when the title card is missing.
    • Gordon's catchphrase changes between "Oh, so undignified!", "Oh, how nefarious!" and "What a humiliation!"
    • Since the thirteenth series, Tidmouth Sheds is referred to as "Tidmouth Station". In the fifteenth series, it is sometimes referred to as "Tidmouthstallen" which means "Tidmouth Sheds".
    • When Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure first aired on Christmas Eve in 1996, the audio was gone for half of the episode. This was fixed when the episode aired again a few years later.
    • In Rusty and the Boulder, Rusty is referred to as female. It is evident in both that episode and Snow that Gro Solemdal gave Rusty a feminine voice.
    • Since the thirteenth series, Engine Roll Call is in Norwegian.
    • When the Fat Controller's name is used, they do not say "Bertram", they say "Topham".
    • The eleventh series episodes use the eighth-tenth series opening, end credits and Engine Roll Call. The fourteenth and fifteenth series episodes use the thirteenth series dub of Engine Roll Call.
    • Like in the UK and US, the fifteenth series aired before Day of the Diesels, barring the last three episodes.
    • Since the fifteenth series, Arlesdale End is called "Arlesdale Station".
    • Bash and Dash often switch voices.
    • Dart's catchphrase is "Digre Dieseler" which means "Giant Diesels".
    • For unknown reasons, the last three episodes of the fifteenth series aired five months later than the rest of the series when it first aired.
    • The thirteenth series episodes on television have title cards, but on the DVDs, the title cards are removed, and the narrator reads the episode's title.
    • The first six series aired on NRK 1 until 2006. TV2 started broadcasting in 2007 starting with the eighth series. In autumn 2014, the series was made available to RiksTV (Series 1-4 and 8-9) and CMORE play (Series 1-4) users. As of 2016, the show once more airs on NRK via NRK Super starting with the eighteenth series.
    • In 2016, starting from the eighteenth series, the series gained a completely new voice cast, and the characters now speak a lot more regional dialects.
    • When Big World! Big Adventures! and the twenty-second series were dubbed in Norwegian, a new voice cast was established, thus scrapping the concept of including more regional dialects. A lot of cast members from the first CGI dub returned.
    • Norwegian is one of the few languages in which The Railway Series has been translated in, although only eight of the original books (as well as Henry and the Express) were released from 1988-1993, the rest remained untranslated for reasons unknown.

    Poland

    In Poland, the series is known as "Tomek i przyjaciele" (formerly known as "Parowóz Tomek i Jego Przyjaciele"). Jaromir Sosnowski, Zbigniew Sawicki and Grzegorz Fedorowski narrated the first dub of the first series. Grzegorz Fedorowski narrated on his own from "Thomas in Trouble" to the fifth series .

    Stefan Knothe later re-dubbed the first five series in the early 2000s and narrated the sixth to twenty-first series.

    Voice Cast

    Since the twelfth series, there has been a voice cast:

    • Janusz Zadura - Thomas
    • Krzysztof Pietrzak - Thomas (Singing)
    • Wojciech Chorąży - Edward, Toby (Journey Beyond Sodor only), Ben, Alfie, Mr. Percival, Fergus Duncan and The Dock Manager (Misty Island Rescue only)
    • Waldemar Barwiński - Edward (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only), James, Mike (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only), Stafford, Raul and Harold (Exlcluding Henry Gets it Wrong)
    • Cezary Kwieciński - Henry, Douglas (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twentieth series), Captain (Misty Island Rescue only), The Grumpy Indian Stationmaster (Thomas Makes a Mistake) and one of the Batucada players (Batucada)
    • Maksymilian Michasiów - Henry (Journey Beyond Sodor only), Spencer (An Engine of Many Colours only), Philip (Confused Coaches only), a Mean Engine (Yong Bao and the Tiger), Trevor, Some Troublesome Trucks (Chucklesome Trucks only) and Headkeeper Jack
    • Sławomir Pacek - Gordon, Toby (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only), Diesel 10 (Misty Island Rescue only) and Farmer McColl
    • Miłogost Reczek - Gordon (Emily Saves the World and Samson At Your Service only), Owen, Porter The Duke of Boxford and Sir Robert Norramby
    • Grzegorz Drojewski - Percy and Peter Sam (Series 12 Only)
    • Jarosław Domin - Percy (Samson at Your Service only), Toby (Marion and the Dinosaurs only), Scruff, Luke (eighteenth series onwards), Salty (Misty Island Rescue only), Peter Sam, Skiff, Rocky, Mr. Bubbles, one of the Three Railway Inspectors and the Grumpy Passenger
    • Paweł Ciołkosz - Toby (The Inventor’s Spectacular Bridge only), Oliver (Series 12 Only), Toad, Bradford, Kevin (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only) Lei and the Construction Bridge workers (Thomas Puts the Brakes On)
    • Zbigniew Konopka - Toby (Series 12 Only), Salty (fourteenth series onwards), Butch, Hector and a Railway Worker (The Party Suprise only)
    • Mieczysław Morański - Toby, Jerome and the Duke of Boxford
    • Piotr Warszawski - Duck and Stephen
    • Maksymilian Bogumił - Duck (Series 12 and Skiff and the Mermaid Only), Mike, Stefano, Shankar, Bernie, One of the Railway Inspectors and a Rail Worker (Thomas and the Royal Engine only)
    • Mateusz Kwiecień - Duck (School of Duck and Panicky Percy only)
    • Jakub Szydłowski - Duck (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only) and Sailor John
    • Piotr Bajtlik - Donald (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only), Oliver and Oliver
    • Józef Pawłowski - Donald (The Great Race onwards) and Rheneas (Emily Saves the World and Samson at Your Service only)
    • Grzegorz Kwiecień - Douglas (Series 12 only), Timothy, Yong-Bao, Carlos, Rusty, Duncan, Sidney, Skiff (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only) Oliver (excavator) and Max
    • Przemysław Glapiński - Douglas (twenty-first series onwards), Bill (No Help At All only), Timothy (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Gustavo, The Flying Scotsman (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Sam, Troublesome Trucks (Big World! Big Adventures! only) and Sir Topham Hatt (series 12 and 24 only)
    • Joanna Pach - Emily and the Blond-haired Boy
    • Beata Wyrąbkiewicz - Emily (Journey Beyond Sodor only), Rebecca, Gina, Marion and Troublesome Trucks (Journey Beyond Sodor only)
    • Elżbieta Kopocińska - Emily (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
    • Klaudia Kuchtyk - Nia
    • Paulina Łaba - Nia (First Day on Sodor! only) and Marcia
    • Marek Robaczewski - Spencer and Farmer Trotter
    • Paweł Galia - Spencer (Creaky Cranky and O the Indignity only), Diesel (thirteenth series only), Norman, Farmer Trotter (Steamie Stafford only), the Mayor of Sodor (The Lion of Sodor only) and the Bird Watcher
    • Justyna Bojczuk - Rosie, Flora and Bridget Hatt
    • Joanna Kuberska - Rosie (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Carly and some tankers (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
    • Janusz Wituch - Hiro, Diesel, Diesel 10 (The Missing Christmas Decorations only) Salty (Series 12 Only), Bill (Journey Beyond Sodor only) and Ben (Series 12 Only)
    • Paweł Szczesny - Victor and Rocky (Counting on Mia only)
    • Leszek Zduń - Charlie (thirteenth - sixteenth series) and Bash
    • Klaudiusz Kaufmann - Dash and Cranky
    • Jarosław Boberek - Ferdinand, Winston, the Mayor of Sodor (sixteenth series onwards), the Railway Inspector and the Island Inspector
    • Katarzyna Tatarak - Daisy
    • Agnieszka Kunikowska - Daisy (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only)
    • Tomasz Błasiak - Murdoch (Series 12 Only), Mighty Mac (Series 12 Only), Harold (Series 12 Only)
    • Artur Pontek - Whiff, Charlie (eighteenth series onwards), Rheneas (eighteenth series onwards) Jack (King of the Railway only), Aiden, Kevin (Hero of the Rails - nineteenth series) and Stephen Hatt
    • Sebastian Perdek - Whiff (Series 12 only), Neville, Rheneas (Series 12 only), Peter Sam (Series 12 only) and Rusty (Series 12 only)
    • Dariusz Błażejewski - Connor and Paxton
    • Józef Mika - Luke
    • Anna Gajewska - Belle, Millie (King of the Railway and seventeenth series) and Lady Hatt
    • Przemysław Bluszcz - Hank, Colin and Sir Handel (Series 12 only)
    • Beata Jankowska-Tzimas - Millie (eighteenth series onwards) and Mavis (nineteenth series onwards)
    • Maciej Kosmala - Glynn, Bulgy (Unscheduled Stops only) and Kevin (Journey Beyond Sodor onwards)
    • Jacek Kopczyński - Hugo
    • Zuzanna Galia - Mavis and Annie (Tale of the Brave only)
    • Dariusz Odija - Diesel 10
    • Piotr Bąk - Den and Bulgy
    • Jan Kulczycki - Dart, Sir Handel and the Welsh Bird Watcher
    • Jakub Wieczorek - Skarloey
    • Karol Osentowski - Rex, Terence, Yin-Long and a Railway Worker (Laid Back Shane only)
    • Przemysław Stippa - Rex (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure only)
    • Michał Podsiadło - Bert, Beresford, The Friendly Indian Stationmaster, One of the Crown Thiefs and one of the Batucada players (Batucada)
    • Bartosz Martyna - Charlie (seventeenth series only), Rheneas (Blue Mountain Mystery - seventeenth series), Kevin (The Great Race and twentieth series) and Jack
    • Marek Bocianiak - Bill and Peter Sam (The Switch only)
    • Michał Skarżyński - Ben (Big World! Big Adventures! onwards) , Harold (Big World! Big Adventures! only), one of the Rally Cars (Big World! Big Adventures! only) and Kobe (Big World! Big Adventures!)
    • Krzysztof Szczerbiński - Duncan, Rusty (Blue Mountain Mystery - seventeenth series) and One of the Railway Inspectors
    • Bartosz Wesołowski - Philip
    • Michał Klawiter - Ace
    • Józef Mika - Luke (Blue Mountain Mystery - seventeenth series)
    • Mikołaj Klimek - Sir Topham Hatt (thirteenth - twenty-fourth series) and Sir Lowham Hatt
    • Ewa Serwa - Caitlin (King of the Railway - eighteenth series), Clarabel, Lady Hatt, Dowager Hatt, The Duchess of Boxford (Hero of the Rails only), Allicia Botti, the Teacher, and the Laundry Lady
    • Marta Dylewska - Caitlin (nineteenth series onwards), Aubrey Some Troublesome Trucks (Chucklesome Trucks only), and Ester
    • Lidia Sadowa - The Duchess of Boxford (Thomas and the Royal Engine only), Tamika, Clarabel
    • Joanna Węgrzynowska-Cybińska - Gabriela
    • Krystyna Kozanecka - Annie (Blue Mountain Mystery - seventeenth series) and Bertie (fifteenth - seventeenth series)
    • Łukasz Talik - Gator and Kenji
    • Julia Kołakowska-Bytner - Ashima and Aubrey (Laid Back Shane only)
    • Agata Skórska - Hong-Mei
    • Jacek Król - Harvey, Shane, Skarloey (Blue Mountain Mystery and King of the Railway only), Fearless Freddie, Flynn, Reg, Captain and Captain Joe
    • Tomasz Borkowski - Harvey (A Most Singular Engine and Stuck in Gear only) Rajiv and One of the Railway inspectors
    • Otar Saralidze - Kwaku and Dexter
    • Patryk Czerniejewski - an Orange and Blue Diesel (Big World! Big Adventures!), Carter (Big World! Big Adventures!) and Some Troublesome Trucks (Chucklesome Trucks only)
    • Grzegorz Pawlak - Merlin
    • Sebastian Machalski - Butch (Big World! Big Adventures! only), Marcio and The Duke of Boxford (Thomas and the Royal Engine only)
    • Marta Dobecka - Judy
    • Agnieszka Kunikowska - Annie
    • Przemysław Wyszyński - Toad (Skiff and the Mermaid only)
    • Agnieszka Fajlhauer - An An and Brenda
    • Tomasz Steciuk - Beppe
    • Szymon Roszak - Monty
    • Piotr Gogol - Captain (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
    • Anna Apostolakis - Annie (Cautious Connor only), Dowager Hatt (eighteenth series onwards), The Duchess of Boxford (Two Wheels Good only), Charubala and the Lady with the Big Hat
    • Wit Apostolakis-Gluziński - Baz
    • Beata Olga Kowalska - Dame Bella Canto
    • Andrzej Chudy - One of the Crown Thiefs
    • Maria Pawłowska - TBA

  • Wojciech Żak - Thomas
  • Krzysztof Korzeniowski - Henry, James, Diesel, Skarloey, Rheneas, Rocky, Sir Topham Hatt
  • Kinga Roch - Percy, Emily, Mavis
  • Anita Maroszek - Toby, Rusty, Victor, Paxton, Annie and Clarabel
  • Ireneusz Załóg - Sir Handel, Luke, Cranky, Mr. Percival

  • Character Names

    Trivia

    • Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company and The Adventure Begins were never dubbed in Polish.
    • The series' logo was not translated into Polish until the fourteenth series.
    • The opening credits in the eighth to sixteenth series credits Michael Angelis even though it was re-dubbed.
    • The opening credits in the seventeenth series onwards credits Mark Moraghan even though it was re-dubbed.
    • Currently, Stefan Knothe ties with Dutch narrator Erik de Zwart and the Finnish narrator Aku Laitinen as the longest serving narrator for a non-English dub of this series.
    • Some changes were made in the translation throughout the series:
      • Series 4:
        • The Flying Kipper is called "Latający Holender" (The Flying Dutchman) rather than "Latający Pikling" (Flying Pikling).
      • Series 8:
        • Maithwaite is called "Gajówka" rather than "Bąbelkowo".
      • Series 10:
        • Arlesdale End is called "Cichy Zakątek" (Quiet Nook) rather than "Wygwizdeczkowo".
      • Series 11:
        • Maron is called "Makaronowo" rather than "Kasztankowo".
        • Maithwaite is called "Bąbelkowo" again.
        • Arlesdale End is now called "Stary Zakątek" (Old Nook).
      • Series 15:
        • Maron is called by its English name.
        • Maithwaite is now called "Makowo".
      • Series 16:
        • The Flying Kipper is called "wagony towarowe" (freight wagons).
      • Series 17:
        • The Flying Kipper is now called "pociąg z rybami" (fish train).
        • Maron is called "Makaronowo" again.
    • In various tenth and eleventh series episode titles, the characters regain their English names.
    • The Grzegorz Fedorowski dub was voiced over the English dub for three series and most of the characters kept their English names.
    • Both Polish dubs refer to Old Slow Coach as male and Bertie as female. Bill and Ben were also referred to as female in the Grzegorz Fedorowski dub.
    • In The Grzegorz Fedorowski dub, The Fat Controller is referred to as The Fat Director.
    • Unlike the English dub, all of the characters got their individual voice actors since the twelfth series.

    The Philippines

    In the Philippines, the series retains its English title. The fourteenth to seventeenth series were dubbed in Tagalog, however, generally, they show the English dub in their country. It aired on GMA.

    Trivia

    Portugal

    In Portugal, the series is known as "Tomás e Amigos" translated into "Thomas and Friends" or "Thomas e os seus amigos" translated into "Thomas and his Friends". It was narrated by Pierre Borsan, It was previously narrated by Jorge Paupério from the First to Eleventh series. It aired on Canal Panda in Portugal. The European Portuguese dubs were aired on JimJam, Canal Panda and RTP2.

    Voice cast

    • João Valido Vaz - Thomas (Season 13-20) and Kevin (Season 13-20)
    • João David - Thomas (Season 22 onwards) and Kevin (Season 22 onwards)
    • Paulo Oom - Gordon (Season 22 onwards), Glynn and Sir Rorbert Nommardy
    • Vasco Machado - James, Toby, Paxton, Merrick and Additional voices
    • Rogério Jacques - Percy (Season 22 onwards), Diesel (Season 22 onwards), Gustavo
    • Cláudia Mourata - Emily (Season 22 onwards), Annie (Season 22 onwards)
    • Sara Afonso - Nia
    • Susana Arrais - Rebecca
    • Ana Sofia Santos - Gabriela
    • Ricardo Monteiro - Victor (Season 22 onwards), Bertie (Season 22 onwards)
    • Joana Bernardo - Millie
    • Tiago Matias - Sidney, Bulgy, Monty
    • Ana Cloe - Clarabel (Season 22 onwards)and Cassia
    • Rui Melo - Sir Tophamn Hatt (Season 22 onwards)
    • Simão Rodrigues - Additional voices
    • Rui Machado - TBA

    Character Names

    • Thomas - Tomás (Calling All Engines and Promos Only)
    • Edward - Eduardo (Calling All Engines only)
    • Henry - Henrique (Calling All Engines only)
    • Gordon - Guilherme (Calling All Engines only)
    • Percy - Pedro (Calling All Engines only)
    • James - José (Calling All Engines only)
    • Toby - Tobias (Calling All Engines only)
    • Emily - Emília (Calling All Engines only)

    Trivia

    Romania

    In Romania, the series is known as "Locomotiva Thomas și prietenii săi". It was narrated by Alexandru Rusu for the first seven series and the tenth to twenty-first series, with Daniel Vulcu narrating the eighth to ninth series, plus Calling All Engines!. The show was first broadcasted in 2006 on MiniMax TV Romania, starting with the eighth series, followed up by Calling All Engines! in 2007 and the ninth series in 2008. JimJam TV Romania has also broadcasted the first to eleventh series, Calling All Engines! and The Great Discovery. All of the original three series are in restored format. Since 2010, MiniMax TV Romania has broadcasted the thirteenth series onwards and specials.

    Voice Cast

    Trivia

    Russia

    In Russia, the series is known as "Томас и его друзья" (Tomas i ego druz'ya) and was first dubbed into Russian in 1995. Valery Nikitenko narrated the first dubs of the first four series in 1995-1996. Alexei Borzunov later re-narrated the first four series and narrated the fifth through eleventh series, Vladimir Antonik narrated the thirteenth through sixteenth series and Tale of the Brave through The Great Race and Denis Bespaliy has narrated the series since King of the Railway, excluding Tale of the Brave, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and The Great Race.

    Character Names

    Voice Cast

    Original Karusel dub (Series 13-24)

    JimJam re-dub (Series 15-18)

    • TBA

    DVD re-dub (Series 20)

    • TBA

    Trivia

    • The Russian title sequence of the first to twelfth series credits Ringo Starr and Michael Angelis as the narrators, even though it was re-dubbed. This is common in most dubs, but the title and credits in the opening were audibly translated in Russian. However, the remastered dub features everything translated, except the narrator (Alexei Borzunov) not credited, and all the time in the last scene it is "Directed by David Mitton".
    • From the seventeenth series until The Perfect Gift in the eighteenth series, the narrator reads out each episode's writer along with its title.
    • The twelfth series, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company and The Adventure Begins were never dubbed in Russian.

    Scotland

    In Scottish Gaelic, the series is called "Tòmas is a Threud", which in English translates to "Tomas and his flock" and is narrated by Ian MacAmhlaigh. It was often shown on BBC Alba from 2008 to 2015.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - Tòmas
    • Edward - Eideard
    • Gordon - Gòrdon/Ghordon
    • James - Seumas
    • Percy - Pearsaidh
    • Toby - Tobaidh
    • Emily - Oighrig
    • Diesel - Dìosail
    • Duncan - Dhonnchadh
    • Annie - Annag
    • Clarabel - Clarabeileag
    • The Fat Controller - Riaghladair Reamhair (The Fat Ruler)
    • Farmer McColl - Farmer MacColla

    Trivia

    • The narrator did not read the episode's titles from the point that the ninth series was released.
    • To date, only the first, eighth and ninth series have been dubbed into Gaelic.
    • The eighth and ninth series were released on the BBC Alba website, but in March 2015 and now all of the episodes say: Sorry, this episode is not currently available from there.
    • The Scottish Gaelic dubs of first series were released on VHS.

    Serbia

    In Serbia, the series is known as "Tomas i drugari" (or "Томас и другари" in Cyrillic writing), but is also recently known as "Thomas, parna lokomotiva". The Serbian dubs were aired on many TV channels from RTV Pink, Happy TV, the Second Channel, Radio Television of Serbia, Pink Super Kids and Minimax in Serbia and was narrated by Bojan Žirović with Series 12 and 13 by another Serbian actor, Nikola Bulatovic.

    Character Names

    Voice Cast

    Trivia

    • The Serbian dubs of the first and second series credit Ringo Starr as the narrator, even though they were re-dubbed.
    • The Serbian dubs of the third to sixteenth series credit Michael Angelis as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed.
    • The Serbian dubs from the seventeenth series onwards credit Mark Moraghan as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed.
    • The first 7 DVD Volumes were produced from 2007 to 2011. Each DVD contained 11-15 episodes from Series 1 to Series 3 and ending with the first 3 episodes from Series 4.
    • The thirteenth series also had its own full DVD release with a Serbian actor, Nikola Bulatovic to narrate the episodes.
    • Thomas and the Magic Railroad, the twenty-first, twenty-third and twenty-fourth series were never dubbed in Serbian.

    Slovakia

    In Slovakia, the series is known as "Thomas a jeho priatelia" which means Thomas and his Friends. Only the first season was dubbed into Slovak. Since then the Czech episodes were labeled and broadcasted in Slovakia because Czech and Slovak are very similar languages. It was narrated by Marián Labuda and translated by Marko Škop. The episodes first aired in 2003 on Slovenská televízia.

    Character Names

    Trivia

    • The UK end credits were always used. However, in every episode the narrator reads the Slovak credits out.
    • The opening credits credit Ringo Starr as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed.

    Slovenia

    In Slovenia, the show is known as "Lokomotivček Tomaž in Prijatelji" or "Tomaž in Prijatelji" and was narrated by Vladimir Jurc. The Slovenian dub was aired on Minimax.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - Tomaž
    • Edward - Edvard
    • Henry - Henrik/Gasper (Unknown)
    • Gordon - Gorazd
    • James - Jakob/Janez (thirteenth series onwards)
    • Percy - Poldi
    • Toby - Tobi
    • Duck - Cene/Racman (seventeenth series onwards); Montague is translated to Vincent / Montague (seventeenth series onwards)
    • Donald - Gašper
    • Douglas - Grega
    • Oliver - Oliver
    • Bill - Jan/Bili (seventeenth series onwards)
    • Ben - Žan/Ben (seventeenth series onwards)
    • City of Truro - Legenda
    • Stepney - Gustek
    • Lady - Dama
    • Harvey - Zdene
    • Emily - Ema/Emili (thirteenth series onwards)
    • Arthur - Tone
    • Spencer - Štefan
    • Molly - Mimi
    • Rosie - Roza
    • Whiff - Vine
    • Stanley - Stanko
    • Hiro - Hinko
    • Charlie - Čarli
    • Bash - Bine
    • Dash - Tine
    • Ferdinand - Ferdinand
    • Scruff - Robi
    • Belle - Beti
    • Timothy - Timotej
    • Ryan - Riko
    • Diesel - Dizel
    • Daisy - Suzi/Marjetka (The Great Race onwards)
    • BoCo - Boko
    • Mavis - Manca/Maja (thirteenth series onwards)
    • Arry - Artur
    • Bert - Bert
    • Diesel 10 - Dizel 10
    • Salty - Slavko
    • Dennis - Denis
    • Den - Denis
    • Dart - Domin
    • Marion - Marija
    • Skarloey - Alfonz
    • Rheneas - Rudolf
    • Sir Handel - Silvester
    • Peter Sam - Peterček/Peter Sam (sixteenth series onwards)
    • Duncan - Francelj
    • Duke - Grof
    • Bertram/Old Warrior - Bernard/Stari Vojščak
    • Victor - Viktor
    • Luke - Luka
    • Millie - Milica
    • Rusty - Zlatko
    • Bradford - Bernard
    • Bertie - Berti
    • Trevor - Brane
    • Elizabeth - Elizabeta
    • Jack - Jaka
    • Alfie - Alfi
    • Byron - Bine
    • Madge - Magda
    • Kevin - Kevin
    • Harold - Dolfe
    • Bulstrode - Buchka
    • Cranky - Živko
    • The Fat Controller - Gospod Ciril Klobučar/Nadzornik Bajsi

    Trivia

    • Early VHS/CD episodes use the UK title and end credits, with the translated episode title simply added below the original episode title. As a consequence, Ringo Starr is credited as the narrator, even though the show has been dubbed.
    • The seventh to twelfth series were never broadcast, but the names of the characters introduced in those series can be found in magazines. Jack and the Sodor Construction Company and the twenty-first series were never dubbed either.
    • The first to fifth series were highly localized with location names replaced by Slovenian ones with similar roles. For example, the Island of Sodor was referred to as "otok" (simply "island"). In Coal, Welsh coal is replaced with "Trbovljski premog" (coal from Trbovlje - Slovenia's largest coal mine). In The Flying Kipper, Crewe works is referred to as "Zalog" (town near Slovenian Railroad's largest railroad workshop). In Break Van, it is said the twins came from the Gorenjska region of Slovenia instead of Scotland, more precisely from Jesenice (a large city in said region) instead of Glasgow. Their accent has also been localized, being a regional dialect from Gorenjska.
    • Since the thirteenth series, several names of characters changed.
    • Since the thirteenth series, episodes are plagued by incorrect literal translations of (British) technical terms and jokes. For instance, "trucks" are often referred to as "tovornjaki" (lit. lorries - correct term would be "tovorni vagoni" - freight wagons), "funnels" are called "lijaki" (lit. funnels - correct term would be "dimniki" - chimneys) and so on. In Charlie and Eddie, for example, Charlie's jokes are translated literally, and since the puns are English exclusive, they do not function when translated.
    • Henry was called Gasper in an unknown series.

    South Korea

    In South Korea, the dub broadcasted by KBS 1 of the first four series were translated as "기관차 토마스와 친구들" ("Gigwancha Tomaseuwa Chingudeul" - Thomas the Engine and Friends) and "꼬마 기차 토마스", the first four series from JEI TV were translated as "칙칙폭폭 토마스 기관차" ("Chigchigpogpog Tomaseu Gigwancha" - Huffs and Puffs Thomas the Engine), the fifth to tenth and the twelfth to fifteenth series from EBS, as well as the eleventh and twelfth series from Kids 1 were translated as "꼬마기관차 토마스와 친구들" ("Kkoma Gigwancha Tomaseuwa Chingudeul" - Thomas the Little Engine and Friends), the sixteenth to twenty-first series from KBS 2 and the twenty-second to twenty-third series and Thomas and the Royal Engine from Tooniverse were translated as "토마스와 친구들" ("Tomaseuwa Chingudeul" - Thomas and Friends). It was narrated by Jang Gwang (JEI TV) for the first to fourth series, by Kim Il (EBS) for the fifth to seventh series, by Kim Seung-jun (EBS and KBS) from the eighth to the tenth series and twelfth to twenty-first series, by Yu Dong-kyun (Kids 1) from the eleventh to twelfth series, while Tale of the Brave, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, The Great Race and Journey Beyond Sodor were narrated by Park Sang-u, and the original dub of Misty Island Rescue was narrated by Ji Jin-hee. This dub does not air in North Korea because the North Korean government bans the transmission of any foreign television program that is not made in their country. This series was aired on KBS 1, 2 EBS, EBS English, JEI TV, Tooniverse, Daekyo Kids, Kids 1, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, JEI TV English, CBeebies and Animax. The JEI TV aired fifth to seventh series. The Tooniverse aired the fifth to seventh series, King of the Railway and twenty-second to twenty-third series. The Daekyo Kids aired the fifth to tenth series. The Disney Channel aired the thirteenth to nineteenth series. The Disney Junior aired the thirteenth to twentieth series. The Cartoon Network and Bomerang aired the thirteenth to fifteenth series. The CBeebies aired the fourteenth to sixteenth series.

    The Railway Series

    The Three Railway Engines to Thomas Comes Home and Thomas's Christmas Party to Thomas and Gordon Off the Rails books were translated in Korean and published by Jung Ang Educational Foundation Inc. in 1996. Also, The Three Railway Engines to Troublesome Engines books were translated in Korean and published by Adongmoonhak in 2005.

    Voice Cast

    Character Names

    • Thomas - 토마스 - Tomaseu
    • Edward - 에드워드 - Edeuwodeu
    • Henry - 헨리 - Henli
    • Gordon - 고든 - Godeun
    • James - 제임스 - Jeimseu
    • Percy - 퍼시/퍼씨 - Peosi
    • Toby - 토비 - Tobi
    • Duck - 덕/더크 - Deog
    • Donald - 도널드/도날드 - Doneoldeu
    • Douglas - 더글라스 - Deogeullaseu
    • Oliver - 올리버 - Ollibeo
    • Bill - 빌 - Bil
    • Ben - 벤 - Ben
    • Flying Scotsman - 날쌘돌이 - Nalssaendol-i
    • Stepney - 스테프니 - Seutepeuni
    • Lady - 레이디 - Leidi
    • Harvey - 하비 - Habi
    • Emily - 에밀리 - Emilli
    • Fergus - 퍼거스 - Peogeoseu
    • Arthur - 아서 - Aseo
    • Murdoch - 머독/머도크 - Meodong/Meodokeu
    • Spencer - 스펜서 - Supenseo
    • Molly - 몰리 - Molli
    • Neville - 네빌 - Nebil
    • Rosie - 로지 - Roji
    • Billy - 빌리 - Billi
    • Stanley - 스탠리 - Seutaelli
    • Hank - 행크 - Haeng
    • Flora - 플로라 - Peullora
    • Hiro - 히로 - Hiro
    • Charlie - 찰리 - Challi
    • Bash - 배쉬/배시/바쉬 - Baeswi/Baesi/Baswi
    • Dash - 대시/다쉬/대쉬 - Daesi/Daswi/Daeswi
    • Ferdinand - 퍼디난드/퍼디난도 - Peodinandeu/Peodinando
    • Scruff - 스크러프 - Seukeureopeu
    • Belle - 벨 - Bel
    • Stephen - 스티븐 - Seutibeun
    • Caitlin - 케이틀린 - Keiteullin
    • Connor - 코너 - Koneo
    • Porter - 포터 - Poteo
    • Timothy - 티모시 - Timosi
    • Gator - 게이터 - Geiteo
    • Samson - 샘슨/삼손 - Saemseun/Samson
    • Ryan - 라이언 - Raieon
    • Ashima - 아시마/아쉬마 - Asima/Aswima
    • Vinnie - 비니 - Bini
    • Raul - 라울 - Raul
    • Frieda - 프리다 - Peurida
    • Axel - 악셀 - Aksel
    • Gina - 지나 - Gina
    • Carlos - 카를로스 - Kareulloseu
    • Rajiv - 라지 - Raji
    • Shane - 셰인/쉐인 - Syein/Swein
    • Yong Bao - 용 바오 - Yong bao
    • Diesel - 디젤 - Dijel
    • Daisy - 데이지 - Deiji
    • BoCo - 보코 - Boko
    • Mavis - 메이비스/마비스 - Meibiseu/Mabiseu
    • The Diesel - 디젤 - Dijel
    • Derek - 데릭 - Dering
    • Arry - 아리 - Ari
    • Bert - 버트 - Beote
    • Diesel 10 - 디젤 10 - Dijel 10
    • Splatter - 스플래터 - Seupeullaeteo
    • Dodge - 도지 - Doji
    • Salty - 솔티 - Solti
    • Dennis - 데니스 - Deniseu
    • Den - 덴 - Den
    • Dart - 다트 - Dateu
    • Norman - 노먼 - Nomeon
    • Sidney - 시드니 - Sideuni
    • Paxton - 팩스턴 - Paekseuteon
    • Ivan - 이반 - Iban
    • Etienne - 에띠엔 - Ettien
    • Flynn - 플린 - Peullin
    • Stafford - 스태포드 - Seutaepodeu
    • Winston - 윈스턴 - Winseuteon
    • Marion - 마리언/매리언 - Marieon/Maerieon
    • Skarloey - 스카로이/스칼로이 - Seukaroi/Seukalloi
    • Rheneas - 르네이어스/레니아/르네/르네아스/레니어스 - Reuneieoseu/Renia/Reune/Reuneaseu
    • Sir Handel - 핸델 경 - Haendel Gyeong
    • Peter Sam - 피터 샘 - Piteo Saem
    • Duncan - 던컨/덩컨 - Deonkeon/Deongkeon
    • Duke - 듀크 - Dyukeu
    • Bertram - 버트램 - Beoteuraem
    • Proteus - 프로테우스 - Peuroteuseu
    • Freddie - 프레디 - Peuredi
    • Victor - 빅터 - Bikteo
    • Luke - 루크 - Rukeu
    • Millie - 밀리 - Milli
    • Rusty - 러스티 - Reoseuti
    • Mike - 마이크 - Maikeu
    • Rex - 렉스 - Rekseu
    • Bert - 버트 - Beoteu
    • Jock - 작 - Jag
    • Godred - 루이 - Lu-i
    • Culdee - 쿨디 - Kuldi
    • Alaric - 에디 - Edi
    • Annie - 애니 - Aeni
    • Clarabel - 클라라벨 - Keullarabel
    • Henrietta - 헨리에타 - Hellieta
    • Old Slow Coach - 느림보 객차 - Neurimbo Gaekcha
    • Rocky - 로키/록키 - Roki/Rokki
    • Hector - 헥터 - Hekteo
    • Toad - 토드 - Todeu
    • Bradford - 브래드퍼드 - Beuraedeupeodeu
    • Terence - 테렌스/테런스 - Terenseu
    • Bertie - 버티 - Beoti
    • Trevor - 트레버 - Teurebeo
    • Bulgy - 벌지 - Beolji
    • George - 조지 - Goji
    • Caroline - 캐롤린 - Kaerollin
    • Elizabeth - 엘리자베스 - Ellijabeseu
    • Jack - 잭 - Jaeng
    • Alfie - 알피 - Alpi
    • Oliver - 올리버 - Ollibeo
    • Max - 맥스 - Maekseu
    • Monty - 몬티 - Monti
    • Ned - 네드 - Nedeu
    • Kelly - 켈리 - Kelli
    • Madge - 매지 - Maeji
    • Kevin - 케빈 - Kebin
    • Harold - 해롤드/헤롤드 - Haeroldeu
    • Jeremy - 제레미 - Jeremi
    • Bulstrode - 불쑥 - Bulssung
    • Captain - 캡틴 - Kaeptin
    • Skiff - 스킵/스키프 - Seukip/Seukipe
    • Cranky - 크랭키/크랭크/클랭키 - Keulaengki/Keulaengkeu/Keullaengki
    • Colin - 콜린 - Kollin
    • Happy Hook - 후크 - Hukeu
    • Owen - 오웬 - Owen
    • Merrick - 메릭 - Mering
    • Reg - 레지 - Reji
    • Sir Topham Hatt - 소장님/국장님/뚱보 국장님/역장님/토팜햇 경/토팜 경/사장님/팟햄 경/팜햇 경/토팜 햄/타팸 햇/뚱보 사장님/탑 햄/햇 사장님/토팸해트 사장님/토팸 사장님- Topamhaen gyeong/Topam gyeong/Sajangnim/Pataem Gyeong/Pamhaen Gyeong/Topamhaem/Tapaemhaet
    • Mr. Percival - 작은 사장님/퍼시벌 사장님/퍼시블 사장님/퍼시발 사장님/퍼시벌씨/퍼십블씨/말라깽이 퍼시벌 사장님 - Jag-eun Sajangnim/Peosibeol Sajangnim/Peosibeul Sajangnim/Peosibal Sajangnim/Peosibeolssi/Peosibbeulssi/Mallakkaeng-i Peosibeol Sajangnim
    • Mr. Fergus Duncan - 작은 사장님/퍼거스 던컨 - Jag-eun Sajangnim/Peogeoseu Deonkeon
    • Sailor John - 뱃사람 존 - Baetsaram Jon

    Trivia

    • Calling All Engines!, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company and The Adventure Begins were never dubbed in Korean.
    • Unlike the English dubs, all of the characters got their individual voice actors since the twelfth series. This only happened in the dub broadcasted by EBS. (recorded and mixed by POPES) Additionally, the KBS dub of the first four series also featured a voice cast.
    • The songs from Misty Island Rescue, Day of the Diesels and Big World! Big Adventures! were never dubbed in the Korean language.
    • The JEI TV dubs of the first four series featured subtitles with descriptions of railway terminology and descriptions of terms like "tank engine" or "tender engine", as well as many of the Sudric names.
    • The fourteenth to twenty-third series, Day of the Diesels, Blue Mountain Mystery, King of the Railway and Big World! Big Adventures! were never released on DVD. Plus the KBS dubs of the first four series and the EBS dub of the twelfth and thirteenth series were never released either on DVD or VOD.
    • The KBS dubs of Tale of the Brave to the twenty-first series use a different voice cast than the one used for the sixteenth to twenty-first series.
    • This is one of the few dubs of the show (along with the Welsh dub) to translate signs within an episode. (fifth to seventh series only)
    • Some channels air the same dubs with other channels.
    • The K.NET dubs of Blue Mountain Mystery and King of the Railway songs were sang by Kim Hye-seong.
    • Since the release of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! in South Korea, The remaining original series (Series 23 and 24) have been moved to JEI TV so that the reboot can air on Tooniverse.

    Spain

    In Spain, the series is known as "El tren Thomas y sus Amigos". It is currently narrated by César Díaz Capilla. It was previously narrated by Salomé Larrucea from the eighth to nineteenth series, and by Pepa Castro in the twentieth series, while Roberto Cuadrado voiced many of the characters in the live action series.

    Voice Cast

    Since the thirteenth series, there has been a larger voice cast:

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    Trivia

    Sweden

    In Sweden, the series is currently known as "Thomas och Vännerna" (Thomas and Friends) today, but it has also gone under the names "Det lilla Ångloket" (The little steam engine) and "Thomas Tåget och hans vänner" (Thomas the train and his friends). Louise Raeder narrated the original dub of the first two series. Håkan Mohede later re-dubbed the first two series and also narrated the thirdseventh series. Since the eighth series, the series has been narrated by Claes Ljungmark.

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    Switzerland

    The first four Railway Series books were dubbed into Swiss-German by the "Globi-Verlag AG, Zürich" in 1987.

    In some areas of Switzerland, the series was dubbed in Romansh, known as "Tumasch la locomotiva a vapur e ses amis".

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    Taiwan

    In Taiwan, the series is known as "湯瑪士小火車" (Tāngmǎshì xiǎo huǒchē) and is narrated by Guan Zhihong. The series is shown being re-dubbed into Mandarin.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - 湯瑪士 - Tang Ma Shi
    • Edward - 艾德華 - Ai De Hua
    • Henry - 亨利 - Heng Li
    • Gordon - 高登 - Gao Deng
    • James - 詹姆士 - Zhan Mu Shi
    • Percy - 培西 - Pei Xi
    • Toby - 托比 - Tuo Bi
    • Emily - 艾蜜莉 - Ai Mi Li

    Location Names

    • Sodor - 多多島 (Dou Dou Daw)

    Trivia

    Tamil

    The Tamil dub of Big World! Big Adventures! was aired on Disney Channel.

    Trivia

    Thailand

    In Thailand, the series is known as โธมัสยอดหัวรถจักร (Ṭhomạs̄ yxd h̄ạw rt̄h cạkr) or โทมัสและเพื่อน (Thomạs̄ læa pheụ̄̀xn). Only the first, second to eighth, eleventh to seventeenth series and twentieth to twenty-fourth series were dubbed in Thai.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - โทมัส
    • Edward - เอ็ดเวิร์ด
    • Henry - เฮนรี่
    • Gordon - กอร์ดอน
    • James - เจมส์
    • Percy - เพอร์ซี่
    • Toby - โทบี้
    • Duck - ดั๊ก
    • Donald - โดนัลด์
    • Douglas - ดักลาส
    • Oliver - โอลิเวอร์
    • Emily - เอมิลี่
    • Daisy - เดซี่
    • Bill - บิล
    • Ben - เบน
    • Boco - โบโค
    • Mavis - มาวิส
    • Bertie - เบอร์ตี้
    • Terence - เทอเรนซ์
    • Trevor - เทรเวอร์
    • Harold - ฮาโรลด์
    • Annie - แอนนี่
    • Clarabel - คลาราเบล
    • Henrietta - เฮนเรียตตา
    • Toad - ทอด
    • Sir Topham Hatt - ผู้ควบคุมอ้วน

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    Telugu

    The Telugu dub of Big World! Big Adventures! was aired on Disney Channel.

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    The Netherlands

    In the Netherlands, the series is known as "Thomas de Stoomlocomotief" and is narrated by Erik de Zwart from the first series to the eleventh series and up to Misty Island Rescue for the specials, Kas van Iersel for the thirteenth seriesonly and Michiel de Jong from Day of the Diesels onwards for the specials and the fourteenth series onwards for the television series.

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    • The opening titles (excluding the narrator card) were not translated into Dutch until the eighth series.
    • The fifth, sixth and seventh series are not available on DVD but they have been broadcasted on JimJam.
    • The twelfth and twenty-first series were never dubbed into Dutch.
    • When Cartoon Network first aired the series in 1997, the original English dub was shown. starting on 11th May 1998, the series was dubbed in Dutch and aired.

    Turkey

    In Turkey, the series is known as "Tren Thomas" and "Thomas ve Arkadaşları". The Turkish dubs of Series 20 to twenty-fourth series currently air on Minika Çocuk every day. This series was narrated by Tīmur Çayir.

    Trivia

    • The Turkish dubs of the third series and the thirteenth to sixteenth series credit Michael Angelis as the narrator, even though they were re-dubbed.
    • Tīmur Çayir is the only narrator to have narrated all twenty four original series.

    Ukraine

    In Ukraine, the series is known as "Паровоз Томас та його друзі" (Paravoz Tomas ta yoho druzi) and was later introduced as "Томас і Друзі" (Tomas i Druzi) and was narrated by lector Mykola Koziy for the first four series with the translations done by Oleksa Nehrebeckyj and Yuriy Hrebelʹnyk from the seventeenth series until the twentieth series. The dub for the first four series uses a voice over method, as the Ukrainian voice track is layered over the original English dub, a common practice in Eastern Europe. The first four series were the only series dubbed until the seventeenth to twentieth series and the twenty-second series were dubbed. The Ukrainian dub of the first four series were only ever aired from 1997-1998 and were never re-broadcasted.

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    • The Ukrainian dubs of the first and second series have Ringo Starr's voice in the background, the third series has George Carlin's voice in the first thirteen episodes, and the last thirteen episodes of the third series as well as all of the fourth series have Michael Angelis' voice.
    • It is unknown if the first twelve episodes of the first series, Percy Runs Away, Coal, Dirty Work, A Close Shave, Wrong Road and Edward's Exploit were ever dubbed into Ukrainian. They likely were, though due to the archive nature of this dub, they were not recorded from their airings. The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill were not dubbed either.
    • The opening credits from the seventeenth series onwards credit Mark Moraghan as the narrator, even though it was re-dubbed.
    • Since the seventeenth series, uncredited voice actors have provided the characters' voices.
    • The fifth to sixteenth series, as well as Series 21, 23 and 24 were never dubbed in Ukrainian.
    • The twenty-second series uses the Engine Roll Call from the thirteenth series, which results in Edward and Henry being mentioned instead of Nia and Rebecca.

    Vietnam

    In Vietnamese, the series is known as "Thomas và những người bạn" is rarely popular in Vietnam.

    Only the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, seventeenth, twenty-third and twenty-fourth series was dubbed in Vietnamese.

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    BWBA Voice Cast

    Trivia

    • Thanh Huống is a Vietnamese voice actress who played Emily from Thomas and Friends (HTV3). She also wrote the lyrics to the Vietnamese translation of the Engine Roll Call.
    • Thomas and Friends was commonly dubbed in the Southern Vietnamese dialect. HTV3 was dubbed in the Mekong Delta dialect (Its another Southern Vietnamese dialect from a countryside in the Mekong River Delta) while the rest are dubbed in Saigonese dialect (Southern Vietnamese dialect from the Southwest).
    • The seventeenth series was dubbed in Vietnamese by ACE Media before the voice-over release by CBeebies and BHD KIDS.
    • From the point the thirteenth, fourteenth, seventeenth series was released, the twelfth series intro was still used.
    • Thomas and Friends was aired on HTV3 12/11/2012 (formally), and SCTV3-SeeTV 12/04/2021 on the twenty-third series and 02/08/2021 on the twenty-fourth series.
    • The Vietnamese dubs of the fourth to eighth series, as well as the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second series were voice-over the English dubs (US), in Northern Vietnamese dialect (BHD KIDS, CBeebies, VTC11) and a bit of Southern Vietnamese dialect (SCTV3-SeeTV, MYKINGDOM).
    • In the SCTV3-SeeTV dub, they followed the US dub rather than the original (UK) dub like the HTV3/ACE Media.
    • The Vietnamese dub was never provided blank footage for the title cards.
    • The Vietnamese intro of the seventeenth (BHD KIDS), eighteenth, twenty-first and twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth series were never dubbed.
    • The Vietnamese dub of the twenty-first series featured a different instrumental for the intro song rather than the original one.
    • The first to third series were never dubbed in Vietnamese.
    • fifteenth and sixteenth series were unsure if it has been dubbed/voice-over in Vietnamese or not.

    Võro

    In Estonia, the twenty-third series was dubbed into Võro and was aired on Kidzone TV.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - Toomase

    Trivia

    • They mention that the translation was supported by the Vana-Võromaa Traditional Culture Program from it's Folk Culture Center.

    Wales

    In Wales, the series is called "Tomos a'i Ffrindiau" (originally "Tomos y Tanc a'i Ffrindiau") and is narrated by John Ogwen. It is often broadcast on Cyw, S4C's children's block. Episodes are available for catch up on the S4C website and the BBC iPlayer for a week after they have aired.

    The dub of the first two series was made by HTV Wales (The Welsh dub of ITV). S4C then took over starting with Series 3. In 2023, Series Thirteen and Fourteen, which were the most recent dubs for the show and had been on rotation on S4C for many years, were removed from circulation from S4C Clic (the online platform for the channel) and replaced with the first series of All Engines Go (Pob Injan Ewch), although the original name on the S4C website remains the same.

    The Railway Series

    Welsh was the first - and for many years only - translation of The Railway Series books. In 1950, Welsh minister Sir Ben Bowen Thomas suggested that Edmund Ward publish the engines' adventures in the Welsh language. As a result, J.T. Jones, a former winner of two National Eisteddfod literary awards, was paid seven guineas to translate the first four titles - Y Tri Injian Tren, Thomas yr Injian Danc, James yr Injian Coch and Thomas Injian-Danc Eto - each of which were produced in a print-run of 5,000 volumes.

    Character Names

    • Thomas - Tomos
    • Henry - Henri
    • James - Jêms (Sain dub only)
    • Percy - Pyrsi/Persi/Perci
    • Toby - Tobi
    • Duck - Dyc
    • Oliver - Olifer
    • Bill - Bil
    • Emily - Emili
    • Rosie - Rosi
    • Charlie - Charli
    • Scruff - Sgryff
    • Diesel - Disl
    • Mavis - Mefis
    • 'Arry - Harri
    • Skarloey - Sgarloi
    • Rheneas - Rhinias/Rheinas
    • Toad - Topsyn/Broga
    • Bertie - Berti
    • Trevor - Trefor
    • Bulgy - Twmffat/Bwlgi
    • Elizabeth - Elisabeth
    • Jack - Jac
    • Alfie- Alfi
    • Jeremy - Jeremi
    • Cranky - Cranci
    • Ol' Wheezy - Wheezy
    • Hee-Haw - Hee-Hoh
    • The Fat Controller - Y Rheolwr Tew
    • Lady Hatt - Foneddiges Hatt
    • Farmer Trotter - Mr. Trotter
    • The Refreshment Lady - Ceinwen y Cafi
    • Farmer McColl - Mr. McCall
    • Allicia Botti - Alyssia Bottie

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