Hogwarts Express rolling stock (was Fishing for ideas)

[Phil Boswell]

No: HPFGUIDX 101566

K G <moonmyyst13 at y...> wrote:
> > How many people would a train like the Hogwarts Express be able
> > to carry?  <snip> Do all students have to arrive by train or can 
> > they arrive other ways?  This will help to put an end to the 
> > 250/1000 student debate.

"Geoff Bannister" <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
[learned discourse on various types of rolling stock snipped]
> So, to be quite honest, we can only speculate as to how many folk 
> might be on the HE which leaves your question unresolved.


The bugger factor (sorry, technical term there, as all
musicians/techies will recognise) is that the Hogwarts Express is a
*magical* train.

Just as a for instance, on several occasions people pop forward and
talk to the driver. How do they reach the cab? I'm sure there's a
tender in the way, so there must be some mechanism to allow traffic
*past* it.

Recall how Mr Weasley was able to make the Ford Anglia capacious
enough to fit at least 8 people plus luggage? Not a problem to make
the HE expand to take as many passengers as necessary.

As a side issue, how many times is it that the Trio seem to plonk
themselves down in the last available compartment? Just how likely is
that? Maybe there's a "Room of Requirements" mechanism which makes
more accommodation as and when needed.
-- 
Phil