Do All Students Travel to Hogwarts by the HE?

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 45945

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Tamara" <buffyeton at y...> wrote:
> > It would seem kind of silly for students who live in Northern 
> England 
> > or Scotland to have to travel all the way down to London just to 
> >go  back again.  Do you think there is an alternate way to get to 
> > Hogwarts for those who live closer?
> 
> Unless JKR has said somewhere that King's Cross is the only place 
to 
> board the Hogwarts Express, I suspect it's simply that Harry never 
> really notices or bothers about the stops en route. An en-route 
stop 
> usually only takes about three minutes on British railways, so 
Harry 
> might well not really notice it - especially if it's boarding only.
> 
> Pip!Squeak

Yes, but in PoA they obviously notice when the Hogwarts Express stops 
to let on the Dementors.  Ron thinks it is time to get off.  If they 
were used to stops to let on other students, this wouldn't have 
happened.  

Tamara