Other magic trains, was Re: Muggle Places

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 18033

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Morag Traynor" <moragt at h...> wrote:
> Mecki wrote:
> >
> >In Ps one of the Weasley's ( I forgot who), asked another<g> "which
> >platform doeas the train go?(or similiar). This indicates IMHO that
> >there are more wizard plattforms on King's Cross. No wizard would
> >believe the Hogwarts Express to leave from a muggle plattform.
> >Does that sound completly weird, or have I just noticed something 
new?

This is an interesting point, though. I believe it was discussed on 
here once upon a time. But why in the world did Molly Weasley have to 
ask which platform it was? She'd sent her kids off to Hogwarts year 
after year since who knows when. She sounds like it's all new to her, 
or that she'd forgotten over the summer. 

1) did they change the platform recently?
2) did they change the mode of transport recently?
3) is she just being playful or teasing with Ginny, pretending to 
forget since Ginny was so excited?

It's actually an example of how JKR's world wasn't fully developed in 
that detail yet when she wrote PS/SS. 

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
to which I just added a page for Platform 9 and 3/4
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon