About Bertie the bus

Bertie is a small red bus who appears in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.

He is first seen rescuing Thomas's passengers after Thomas gets stuck in a snowdrift. Bertie's most famous adventure was challenging Thomas to a race in which Thomas eventually won. They promised that they would one day have another race, they did so in the seventh series of the Television series, although they never did in the books series. Bertie was the winner in the second race. Bertie also had to chase after Edward after he left the station without Bertie. Bertie the bus has also in appeared in several other adventures. Bertie is a kind bus unlike Bulgy the Double Decker Bus, a rival bus who hated the railway.

On the Thomas and the Magic Railroad film, Bertie is voiced by Kevin Frank.