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After continuing around several corners, guests arrive on Platform 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 to wait for the next train. After the Hogwarts Express has reversed into Platform 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 and the arriving passengers have disembarked, the next passengers enter one of the twenty-one compartments in the three passenger coaches. [29] [31]
The Hogwarts Express train departs from the fictional Platform 9¾ at King's Cross railway station. The platform is accessed by magically walking through a solid barrier between platforms 9 and 10. After the Harry Potter novels were published, Rowling found that she had confused the layout of King's Cross with that of Euston station. [39]
A recreation of the Hogwarts Express lies at the entry to Hogsmeade. The recreation features "billowing steam and an iconic whistle" and is accompanied by the conductor of the train. In the Harry Potter series the Hogwarts Express is the train used to transport students from London to Hogwarts. The "Owl Post" is a working post office (where ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ‘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.
Both parks include Hogwarts Express stations allowing passengers to reach both theme parks aboard the full-scale replica of the train that appears in the film series. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Islands of Adventure on June 18, 2010. It includes a re-creation of Hogsmeade and three rides.