Platform 9¾

This is the "real" Platform 9¾ inspired by JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series at King's Cross. King's Cross is featured in the Harry Potter books as the starting point of the Hogwarts Express. The train uses a secret platform 9¾ located by passing through the brick wall barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Platforms 9 and 10 are in a separate building from the main station; also, rather than being adjacent so that a barrier could be between them, they are separated by two intervening tracks. Rowling intended the location to be in the main part of the station, but misremembered the platform numbering. During an interview in 2001, she indicated that she had confused King's Cross with Euston. In fact, platforms 9 and 10 at Euston are also separated by two intervening tracks. When the first film was released, a large floor panel was placed on the ground outside platforms 9 and 10 indicating the Hogwarts Express. It was later removed. Within King's Cross, a cast-iron "Platform 9¾" sign has been erected on a wall of the station's suburban building containing the real platforms 9 and 10. Part of a luggage trolley has also been installed below the sign; while the near end is visible, the rest of the trolley seems to have disappeared into the wall. It is common to see Harry Potter fans stop to photograph the trolley or try to push the rest of the luggage trolley through the wall to the hidden platform. In the movie, the arched wall between Platforms 4 and 5 is what actually served to ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 33s Date Found: Thu, Nov 04 2010 9:06 PM Category: Travel Date Produced: Thu, Nov 04 2010 9:08 AM View Count: 0