Question about Hogwarts Express

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 56698

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Emily Grace Blackstone"
<emmy_g50 at h...> wrote:

> 
> Hi there!
> 
> Kathryn wrote:
> Hogwarts Express - In CoS when Snape is reading out the sightings of
Ron and Harry in the Flying Ford Anglia he reads one out from Norfolk,
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> 
> Me: (Emily)
>    I have very little knowledge of British geography, but it seems
to me that ALL of the Hogwarts children can't possibly go to London to
catch the Hogwarts Express. So, I imagine that 1) there's more than
one train that all leave from various locations and 2) the London
train may make stops  periodically on the way up.  ... seems logical
... that the train would stop after a certain point rather than making
kids who live in the north go all the way down to London, 
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>   Any thoughts?


bboy_mn:

Well, it does make some logical sense, but there has never been a
mention of a train stop to pick up other student, nor a mention of
other trains arriving with students in any of books.

I think we need to consider how easy it is for wizards to travel. The
whole Weasely family is transported about 150 from the Burrow to
Diagon Alley with a hand full of Floo Powder, so getting to London is
not that big a deal for a wizard family.

Another possibility is that in many different cities there are
Platform 9-3/4 gateways in the local train station, but when they step
through the gateway, the all end up on the same 9-3/4 platform, next
to the same Hogwarts Express train in London. Many different gateway
in different cities that all converge on the same magical rail
platform in London.

For anyone who would like to look at a basic color topographic
satellite map of Britian with the major railways superimposed on it;
check out one of my many website. (The other one has the location of
the Dragon Preserve in Romania, and can be found in the off-topics
group). Norfolk is on coast of the large penisula to the far east and
north of London.

http://www.homestead.com/bluemoonmarket/files/hogwarts/hogwarts1.htm

Just thought I would add that.

bboy_mn