Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia
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“What's that double-decker bus doing on your route?"
"It might be his route shortly. The new bus is an experiment. If passengers prefer it, I'll probably become a hen house, like old Bulgy!”
― Thomas and Bertie

The Best Bus is a magazine story.

Plot

Thomas and Bertie always work very well together. However, one day, Thomas is at a station and is very surprised that Bertie is not at the bus stop. Instead, an open top double-decker bus arrives. This makes Thomas worried about Bertie, who he later finds is working on a different timetable. Bertie worries that he might be turned into a hen house if the open top double-decker bus proves more successful than him.

However, when Thomas goes down to the harbour, he meets an old friend; it’s a former ship's captain, who is concerned about the heavy rain scheduled in the weather forecast. Sure enough, it is starting to rain, much to the annoyance of the passengers on the open top double-decker bus. Luckily though, Bertie is there too, so all the passengers get aboard him instead, which makes Bertie very happy indeed.

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