PoA MOVIE DISCUSSION.

[Carol]

Cabal/md wrote:
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> I always figured it was because Lupin is poor, can't afford a broom, can't apparate into Hogwarts. 

Carol responds:
 I thought about that, but I'm not sure that the Hogwarts Express ride is free. Hagrid gives Harry his ticket the first year, IIRC, but it's true that we never see the kids present their tickets to anyone. 

At any rate, Lupin could have Apparated to the Hogwarts gate, suitcase and all, unless he was too ill. He'd have encountered a Dementor there, of course, but so would all the other teachers arriving from their summer homes. 

As for being unable to afford a broom, he wouldn't need a racing broom. Any old second-hand broom would get him there. It wouldn't be as comfortable as a train ride, though!

I still think that DD wanted the DADA teacher on the train for some reason.

Carol, wondering whether Lupin chose the last compartment on the train expecting to find Harry there--or just hoping to sleep unobserved