The series debuted on CBeebies and Al Jazeera Children's Channel on 9 January 2010. It was shown by Sprout, CBeebies, and ABC2. The first time that the Story Train meets a character that it will interact with, the camera shows only part of the character, and the audience is asked to guess which character it is. Those characters then get into their vehicles carriages, which the train then hitches on (always three of those vehicles) and tows them to Story Corner. Those characters then get into their vehicles carriages, which the train then hitches on (always nine vehicles carriages) and tows them to Swirly Curly Hill. The season two special episode won the 2013 Kidscreen award in New York, having previously been nominated in 2012 for the pre-school category.

A stegosaurus-like dinosaur who wears glasses and is fond of jumping; his trampoline has 6 wheels and folds to become his carriage. Season 2 has 50 episodes and a half-hour special. It has started in Britain on BBC Two [1], and on CBeebies at 5.30 pm Mondays to Fridays; it has another character (Bippity, a stylized blue humanoid robot); he has his own carriage which can be hitched to the Story Train. There is extra scenery, representing a patch of dense jungle. In the start sequence, a group of several of the story characters is seen, not merely one. Episode 1 of this series was about the Story Train coming across Bippity and meeting him. 15 of its episodes have been shown in Britain so far: are: A new friend, The Great Hipini, Playing together, Loopy in space, The boomerang, You're the best, Jelly, Counting crazy, Bouncing better, Noisy story, Sheepy shenanigans, Super Loopy, The big and special Precious show, Follow Hop's Clues, Sweetie's garden. Each episode runs 11 minutes. The show was directed by Mark Taylor and produced by Teresa Reed.An anthropormorphic lion who drives the train: has a tool (multipurpose and somewhat like Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver) that lets him repair any malfunctioning vehicles.