Hogwarts Express

The Hogwarts Express is a fiction magical train in the Harry Potter series, which carries students between London and Hogwarts. The train starts from King's Cross railway station platform 9¾, which is invisible to Muggle eyes and is reached by walking through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Prefects of the school ride in a separate carriage near the front of the train. The compartments on the train appear to be lettered; in book 6, for example, the Slug Club meet in compartment C, which is probably near the back of the train. Upon disembarking from the train at Hogsmeade Station, first years undergo the traditional boat journey across the lake with the Keeper of Keys and Grounds to Hogwarts; all other students are carried to the main entrance of the castle in coaches drawn by magical creatures called thestrals (which most students cannot see as thestrals can only be seen by those who have witnessed death). In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry meets his two best...