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Following the success of Harry Potter, a sign reading "Platform 9¾ " was installed at London's King's Cross railway station. The Hogwarts Express train departs from the fictional platform 9¾ at King's Cross railway station in central London. The platform is accessed by magically walking through a solid barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.It is in the London station group, one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom and the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line to Yorkshire and the Humber, North East England and Scotland.
The King's Cross station is built on a site that previously held the Jaws attraction. The entrance to the station, which is a quarter-scale replica of London King's Cross railway station, is located in the London area, close to Diagon Alley. [10] [39] [40] Passengers enter the station building and have their admission ticket checked.
The hotel and train station were chosen to act as King's Cross station's exteriors for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, on the filmmakers' reasoning that their Gothic architecture was considered far more impressive. Like the real King's Cross, the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel also ...
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Harry Potter fans were treated to a magical display at King’s Cross Station on Thursday to mark the moment Hogwarts students board the train to school.
At the beginning of each school year, the train departs from the fictional Platform 9¾ at London's King's Cross station and delivers students to Hogsmeade Station. [28] A functioning full-scale replica of the Hogwarts Express was created for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter themed area at Universal Orlando Resort.
Goathland station has been used as the location for several fictional stations including Aidensfield , Hogsmeade (Harry Potter) and Mannerton (All Creatures Great and Small). This is a list of fictional railway stations (as opposed to genuine railway stations portrayed in fictional works or context).