Why Do Students Take a TRAIN to Hogwarts? - History of the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter

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🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're going to be discussing the Hogwarts Express and the UK national rail network.-

WIth a platform that's invisible / inaccessible to muggles, and a rail line that heads to a magical school in the Scottish highlands, you probably won't be surprised to hear me say that the railway trip out to Hogwarts is unusual to say the least. Trains play a pivotal part in Harry Potter, with platform 9 ¾ and the Hogwarts Express both playing a crucial role in Harry's first trip AWAY from the Dursleys, and off in to the Wizarding World.

But, have you ever wondered HOW this magical railway ride fits in to a preexisting national rail network? The UK National rail network to be specific. Does the Hogwarts express exist entirely independently from the rest of these trains? Or, does it share some of the same tracks? Does it transport some of the same passengers? Is the Hogwarts Express able to magically avoid collisions? What gives?

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0:56.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory.
1:04.1	Today we're going to be discussing the Hogwarts Express and the UK National Rail Network.
1:09.7	With a platform that's invisible, inaccessible to Muggles, and a rail line that heads
1:14.0	to a magical school in the Scottish Highlands, you probably won't be surprised to hear
1:18.0	me say that the railway trip out to Hogwarts is unusual to say the least.
1:23.8	Trains play a pivotal part in Harry Potter, with Platform 9 in 3 quarters and the Hogwigs
1:28.3	Express both playing a crucial role in Harry's first trip away from the Dursleys and
1:34.3	off into the Wizarding World.
1:36.3	But have you ever wondered how this magical railway ride fits into a pre-existing national
1:42.3	rail network, the UK National rail network, to be specific,
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