Island of Sodor (T&F)

"The Island of Sodor is the home of the North Western Railway, with engines of all shapes and sizes, working hard to deliver goods and passengers to their destinations. There are branch lines that run along the coast of the island, serving the docks, the fishing villages and the seaside towns. There are branch lines that run to the farms, quarries and ancient castles of the island's heartland. And there is the main line, which runs all the way from Knapford on the west coast of the island, to Vicarstown, in the east. The line continues over the Vicarstown Bridge, where it connects to the mainland beyond."

- Narrator describing the Island of Sodor, Journey Beyond Sodor

The Island of Sodor, or simply Sodor, is an island in the United Kingdom. It is located in the Irish Sea, between England's Lake District and the Isle of Man.

Current

 * North Western Railway
 * Skarloey Railway
 * Culdee Fell Railway
 * Arlesdale Railway
 * Sodor Scenic Railway
 * Sodor Tramways
 * Estate Railway
 * Vicarstown Tramway

Former

 * Mid Sodor Railway
 * Toby's Old Tramway

Names in other languages

 * French: Chicalor
 * Greek: Χοντροπατάτα (Chontropatáta)
 * German: Soldau
 * Igbo: Sodom

Trivia

 * Sodor is approximately 62 miles east to west and 51 miles north to south.
 * Suddery is the capital city of Sodor.
 * According to the promotional videos for The Great Race, Sodor itself is its own country.
 * Also, in the German dub of Journey Beyond Sodor, Thomas calls Sodor his "home country".
 * This is not the case in The Railway Series.
 * It could be that Sodor could be one of the many countries that make up the UK (similar to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
 * Sodor has its own flag, which consists of a white centre, two thin horizontal orange stripes on top of the centre, and two horizontal blue stripes on top of the orange stripes.
 * The Japanese dub of the television series states that Sodor is part of the United Kingdom.
 * On the BBC game show, Pointless Celebrities, when the players were asked where Thomas the Tank Engine lives, twenty-five out of the one-hundred people remembered that it was the Island of Sodor.
 * Numerous roads in the Preserve South district of Columbus, Ohio, within the Albany Chase apartment complex, are named after towns on Sodor, including Arlesdale, Brendam, Kellsthorpe, Knapford, Maithwaite, Tidmouth, Ulfstead, Vicarstown and Wellsworth, in addition to the Island itself.
 * In 2021, Oxford named Sodor the United Kingdom's friendliest city to coincide with International Friendship Day.