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In May 2013, Universal Orlando announced the expansion of Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Diagon Alley, along with the Hogwarts Express train, to be located on the former site of the Jaws attraction. [8] [9] [10] By the end of August 2013, all six passenger cars and both tenders were ready to be assembled on the track. [11]
A completely functioning full-scale replica of the Hogwarts Express was created for the Diagon Alley expansion, connecting King's Cross Station at Universal Studios to the Hogsmeade station at Islands of Adventure, [47] [75] manufactured by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in the form of a funicular railway people mover. [76]
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.
Thanks to the genius J.K. Rowling, on this day 25 years ago, the boy who lived arrived at Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station for the very first time.
The Hogwarts Express "departed" from Platform 9¾ at King's Cross station in London on Friday morning (1 September). Harry Potter fans, including Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson, gathered at the ...
The ‘Back To Hogwarts’ event in the capital also included wand combat workshops as well as a rendition of a wand dance from the West End cast of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.
Platform at Rotterdam Centraal station, Netherlands Station platforms at Arts et Métiers station on Line 11 of the Paris Métro. A railway platform is an area in a train station alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Almost all stations have some form of platform, with larger stations having multiple platforms.
These include the Glenfinnan Viaduct, famed as the route to Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films with the privately owned Jacobite steam train featured as the Hogwarts Express, and views of Britain ...