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Shining Time Station (1989)

Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station WNET, and was filmed first in New York City and then in Toronto. It incorporated sequences from the British TV show Thomas & Friends. The series aired on PBS from January 1989 to June 1993, but aired re-runs until 1997. It aired on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. It also aired on Nick Jr. in 2000 and on Canadian TV networks such as APTN and SCN. Elements from the show were incorporated into the Thomas the Tank Engine film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

IMDb rating
8.2 (830 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

9.37 avg 10 episodes 9.5 → 8.5

Ep 1: 9.5 · 13 votesEp 2: 9.4 · 8 votesEp 3: 9.3 · 7 votesEp 4: 9.2 · 7 votesEp 5: 9.4 · 6 votesEp 6: 9.6 · 6 votesEp 7: 9.6 · 6 votesEp 8: 9.6 · 6 votesEp 9: 9.6 · 6 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 7 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Place Unlike Any Other9.513
2Does It Bite?9.48
3And the Band Played Off9.37
4Pitching in and Helping Out9.27
5Show and Yell9.46
6Faith, Hope and Anxiety9.66
7Agree to Disagree9.66
8Whistle While You Work9.66
9Two Old Hands9.66
20Is This the End?8.57