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[30] [31] [32] Over 70 percent of the cabling in the trains are for the show effects and physically animated components. [1] The trains were built in Goldau, Switzerland. CWA Constructions designed both the exterior and interior of the trains to make them look as similar as possible to the Hogwarts Express seen in the Harry Potter film franchise.
In the Harry Potter films, the locomotive is depicted pulling the Hogwarts Express, a fictional train, made up of four (later five) British Rail Mark 1 carriages. Scenes were filmed at King's Cross railway station, the Glenfinnan Viaduct and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway — along with internal scenes on board the train.
Scenes depicting Hogsmeade Station in the Harry Potter films were filmed at Goathland railway station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. [41] Extensive filming of the Hogwarts Express for the Harry Potter series took place on the West Highland Line with the Glenfinnan Viaduct located at the top of Loch Shiel in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
The Jacobite has been suspended in the past because of concerns over its hinged carriage doors, but the train service that was featured in several of the wizarding movies was allowed to resume ...
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King's Cross features in the Harry Potter books, by J. K. Rowling, as the starting point of the Hogwarts Express. The train uses a secret Platform 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 accessed through the brick wall barrier between platforms 9 and 10. [104] In fact, platforms 9 and 10 are in a separate building from the main station and are separated by two intervening ...
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4920 Dumbleton Hall has operated in preservation, but is now on static display as part of the new Harry Potter attraction which opened in Tokyo in 2023. As of March 2024 two Halls are operational: 4930 and 4953 but neither are mainline certified. 4936 Kinlet Hall is undergoing a Network Rail standard overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works.