Dryaw

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Dryaw is a fictional location in The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry and in the related Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends television series.

Dryaw is located on Thomas' branch line being the first station after the junction at Knapford, and is most notable in the stories for its airfield. This is the home of Harold, the helicopter owned by the Coastguard. It was here that Percy made his promise to get the Vicar's Sunday School back safely.

On the maps of Sodor drawn to accompany the Railway Series, Dryaw is shown to have two stations: one for passengers, and one on the goods-only Knapford Harbour line which, according to the Awdry family's "histories" of Sodor, was the original station.

In the TV series the station is shown to have a small footbridge that runs over the rails and runs from the platform on one side to the platform on the other side. Dryaw also has a small picket fence running at the edge of the platform, separating the platform from the airfield.

The name is an anagram of "Awdry".

Preceding station	Fictional railways			Following station
Knapford		North Western Railway Ffarquhar Line		Toryreck