The Complete History Of The Hogwarts Express Explained

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  • @lahavzaken6638
    @lahavzaken6638 Před 2 lety +60

    Please do a video about why older wizards had suffixes after their names like the evil, the foul, the barmy etc and when and why this practice died out. By the way I love this channel and all of its videos

    • @dongray9852
      @dongray9852 Před 2 lety +6

      I'm guessing they earned the infamy on a case by case basis.

    • @paulcowlishaw
      @paulcowlishaw Před 2 lety +1

      Barty crouch do you mean

    • @lahavzaken6638
      @lahavzaken6638 Před 2 lety +5

      @@paulcowlishaw I mean wizards from older times like Herpo The Foul and Emeric The Evil. Lots of wizards from this time had these suffixes after their names and I'm wondering where this practice came from and why it died out and these are good channels to get theories on these things

    • @kellysouter4381
      @kellysouter4381 Před 2 lety +5

      Lahav the Curious.

    • @DieezahArts
      @DieezahArts Před 2 lety +5

      Since it's a thing outside of the HP universe be it for Muggles or magical folks worldwide, I don't think one can trace the practice back to a single point of origin. Gandalf is only one example from another universe/franchise. Suleyman the magnificent would be one historical figure among many to have earned a descriptor that remained tied to his name long after his demise. Catherine the Great is another...

  • @Half-BloodUniversity_
    @Half-BloodUniversity_ Před 2 lety +13

    Seeing that Scarlet Steam Engine for the first time with John Williams playing in the background is a truly magical experience

  • @jaspr1999
    @jaspr1999 Před 2 lety +33

    I had no idea about Platform 7 1/2 and the Orient Express. I would love to hear more about it.

  • @sunnygirl523
    @sunnygirl523 Před 2 lety +14

    Seeing the hogwarts express every time at the wizarding world at universal studios is always amazing and makes me teary eyed 🥲

    • @isaackim7675
      @isaackim7675 Před 2 lety

      I really need to go back there now! I remember going there ten years ago

  • @inspectorbutters166
    @inspectorbutters166 Před 2 lety +21

    What if a young wizard or witch grew up in hogsmeade? Would they be forced to go to London first, just to get on the train?

  • @deyayona
    @deyayona Před 2 lety +18

    Off topic: What happened to Lily's parents. We know James's parents died early but there is little info about lily's parents. James and Lily were quite young when they died, probably in early 20s, so her parents should not be too old to die without knowing about harry and dudley. What happened to them? Can we get a video about them?

  • @jetseekers
    @jetseekers Před 2 lety +17

    Every time I see this, I'm reminded how much I love the Hogwarts express, but also that I wanna make a 'book accurate' version using as period accurate equipment as possible with modifications. Still looking for a good model for the locomotive since early steam locomotives aren't easy to come by... Though still. I'm thinking an early Midland or similar locomotive that's either a 2-2-2 or such without a tender

  • @MasterMoyle
    @MasterMoyle Před rokem +1

    Prior to being placed on display at Warner Bros in Watford, 5972 was still used to haul occasional excursion trains. Just before 5972 Olton Hall was withdrawn from traffic in 2014 when both it's boiler certificate and mainline certificate's expired, the engine worked two final railtours which we're called "The Wizards Express" and ran from Manchester Victoria to York via Carnforth and Skipton. 5972 hauled both trains to York from Carnforth and then back to Carnforth (the 1st trip on the return journey being from York to Hellifield due to a late evening engineering block in Manchester).
    Tickets for the trip we're £69 per person and I managed to get tickets to go on both trips.

  • @TsukabuNosoratori2
    @TsukabuNosoratori2 Před 2 lety +5

    “Cannot be accessed by muggles” is a bit of a stretch, because Lily Evans and her whole family of muggles including Petunia were able to accompany Lilly to the train. So maybe it’s just family of Muggle borne that are allowed in? Hermione’s parents are also allowed in too.

    • @kellysouter4381
      @kellysouter4381 Před 2 lety

      Are they able to get onto the platform or do they say goodbye in the regular station?

    • @TsukabuNosoratori2
      @TsukabuNosoratori2 Před 2 lety

      They were on the platform according to the books.

    • @deyayona
      @deyayona Před 2 lety +4

      @@kellysouter4381 Parents of muggleborns are allowed I guess as they are also allowed to enter diagon alley and gringotts despite leaky cauldron is hidden from muggles.

  • @bookworm7076
    @bookworm7076 Před 2 lety +13

    I knew about Platform 7 1/2 before I watched this video because the fact was stated at the end of a Harry Potter book as a bonus treat for fans. I researched Platform 7 1/2 further on the Harry Potter Wiki.
    I also knew about the Memory Charms and Concealment Charm used to create the Hogwarts Express and the other methods of transportation underage wizards used to get to Hogwarts thanks to bonus facts stated at the ends of other Harry Potter books.
    Thank you, Dean, for this in-depth history lesson. I'm sure it's convenient for those who don't read the Harry Potter Wiki.

  • @eirerua
    @eirerua Před 2 lety +9

    I had absolutely no clue about platform 7 1/2. Brilliant video as always 🙂

  • @benjaminfeld6388
    @benjaminfeld6388 Před 2 lety +8

    You know, I've always had a rather nostalgic love for steam engines. And to actually see one still working in this day and age, even if only in fiction, it's basically a dream come true for me.
    I also think it was a very cute story about how they got the train for the movies.

    • @heatherhirst1241
      @heatherhirst1241 Před 2 lety

      You know there are plenty of heritage steam railways all round the world, run mostly by volunteers; there are narrow, miniature, broad and full gauge heritage lines. If you are interested in steam engines, I'd really recommend you go to one - if that's possible for you of course!

    • @benjaminfeld6388
      @benjaminfeld6388 Před 2 lety

      @@heatherhirst1241 Really, you don't say. How interesting. I'll think about it.

  • @normansmith9110
    @normansmith9110 Před 2 lety +7

    I've speculated that the Hogwarts Express begins in the Quadruple London-Peterburough track and is switch of to a short wizarding thank and onto the Lindob-York Track but just before York it is switched off again to a wizarding track into the Scottish Highlands and on to Hogwarts.
    While on the Muggle track it appears as a slow moving Electric train but this is an illusion from a special Charm.. The train has to be visible to Muggles while on the Muggle track Muggle track and activate the train signals for safety reasons.
    Because it is partially mechanical the magic at Hogwarts is too much for it.
    Therefore it stops in Hogsmeade.

  • @maketycry3952
    @maketycry3952 Před 2 lety +6

    Yet another reason muggles assisted in the better part of history in the wizarding world!

  • @OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout
    @OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout Před 2 lety +18

    Wizards didn't want to use a form of transportation they didn't invent?
    ...did wizards invent brooms, or just make them capable of flight?

    • @FireBladesGameing
      @FireBladesGameing Před 2 lety

      I think the wizards did make tjem but they enchanted them so that if a wizard touches the broom its magical properties are unlocked or something like that

  • @kristintassos2741
    @kristintassos2741 Před 2 lety +5

    I didn't know about platform 7 1/2 that's cool, thank you for the new info!!!

  • @dojasama3878
    @dojasama3878 Před rokem +2

    Olson Hall isn’t a train. It’s a steam locomotive. A train or consist is what is pulled by the locomotive. Education is important.

  • @BrennySpain
    @BrennySpain Před 2 lety +3

    Very interesting topic. I never realised how important this train was until after watching this video.

  • @eleanorgarner5097
    @eleanorgarner5097 Před 2 lety +6

    Fun fact: My godfathers dad drove the Hogwarts Express in the films

  • @danyf.1442
    @danyf.1442 Před 2 lety +5

    If there are always people from the Ministry keeping an eye on the gate, then why didn't anyone help when he didn't know what to do until the Weasleys showed up, or when Dobby blocked the gate and Ron and Harry missed the train? Just wondering

  • @ianwallis6473
    @ianwallis6473 Před 2 lety +2

    Steam trains didn’t look like this in 1827/1830. Passenger railways were just being introduced

  • @ceciliacarlid6113
    @ceciliacarlid6113 Před 2 lety +2

    Interesting. I did not know about that other platform. Thanks for sharing!
    One minor thing: it is not impossible for Muggles to enter platform 9 3/4, as you claimed. We see on some occations that Muggles do come onto the platform, but in those cases they are accompaning a magical family member there (remember, for example, the scene when Petunia calls Lily a freak for the first time, which was on that platform). I believe that the reason why most Muggles don't enter it, even though they can, is that they don't know it exists. You have to enter it intentionally, knowing what you will find there, otherwise it doesn't work.

  • @vortega472
    @vortega472 Před rokem

    I just want to say, if I haven't before, I really love your voice, how enthusiastic it is, and your narrative flow. You do a great job on these videos, thank you.

  • @darkseeker9548
    @darkseeker9548 Před 2 lety +1

    @1:05 you say hogwarts express may be the most exciting train ever created but I think Santa Claus has something to say about that 🎅 🤪

  • @thomasciarlariello3228

    "Railways & War Before 1918" by Bishop and Davis.
    "Train Wrecks" by Robert C. Reed
    Decauville Portable used to herd to camps.

  • @hidingtk2860
    @hidingtk2860 Před 2 lety +2

    lol I absolutely had no idea about the other train nor its entrance. For a moment there I thought you were making it up!😀

  • @megatronjenkins2473
    @megatronjenkins2473 Před 2 lety +1

    Didn't know about the other train, but not surprised.

  • @ec6933
    @ec6933 Před 2 lety +1

    When I hear Harry Potter the first thing I think of is Harry Ron and Hermione sitting by a cozy fire in the common room while it rains outside

  • @sifilore9462
    @sifilore9462 Před 2 lety +2

    I only knew about Platform 7 1/2 by MovieFlame's vid. I posted there that maybe in other parts of the wizarding world still used old faction vehicles like blimps.

  • @adriennhartyanyi1986
    @adriennhartyanyi1986 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome. This is one of the best you've ever done.

  • @deborahcox-mp5ul
    @deborahcox-mp5ul Před 3 měsíci

    I saw this video years ago and that's the only way I knew about platform 7 1/2. Thanks for sharing.

  • @eduardodavila2587
    @eduardodavila2587 Před 2 lety

    Great video, Dean!

  • @WeebGamer101
    @WeebGamer101 Před 2 lety +2

    I did not know about platform 7.05 or 7 and a half.

  • @daronmiller1684
    @daronmiller1684 Před 2 lety +5

    If the Hogwarts express is 170 years old, why is every depiction, including the movies, of a steam locomotive from the 1930s (only about 85 years old)?

    • @Popcorn-ch7uy
      @Popcorn-ch7uy Před 2 lety +1

      Not wvwry depiction is of that tho. For wxample the jim kay illustrated books look different.

    • @NicklasZandeVGCP2001
      @NicklasZandeVGCP2001 Před rokem

      Rule 55. You can't do it.

  • @kagetaz8534
    @kagetaz8534 Před 2 lety

    This was an awesome video. Don’t see many making videos about the Train. It truly is a magical feat worth noting.

  • @patrydicha6226
    @patrydicha6226 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi. I had indeed read about platform 7 1/2 … This is cool, thanks for mentioning it back though, so - those of us that heard of it before - we have a confirmation regarding its existence. 👍🏼😉

  • @barbaracatalano6299
    @barbaracatalano6299 Před 2 lety +2

    Did not know about 7 1/2. Very cool. Great video.

  • @mikeblakemore655
    @mikeblakemore655 Před 2 lety +1

    The lady that sell refreshments on the Hogwarts Express also caters on the Orient Express

  • @brandonbaggaley2317
    @brandonbaggaley2317 Před 5 měsíci

    Fun trivia: thanks to Olton Hall got one of its siblings, Dumbleton Hall, work as a static display in Japan as the Hogwarts Express.

  • @twyztidbro3929
    @twyztidbro3929 Před 2 lety

    Awesome vid :D & def didn't know about 7 1/2 :D

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea Před 2 lety +4

    I always wondered. If magic can be used to make a 19th century locomotive run without the need of maintaince and fuel, and turn motor vehicles into flying contraptions, then imagine what the Wizarding World can do with space shuttles. Just imagine if Arthur Weasley stole one of Elon Musk's SpaceX shuttles and enchanted it with magic and went exploring outer space. That thing won't have to run on fuel and the passengers on board could just magic if they find themselves in trouble.

    • @drishalballaney6590
      @drishalballaney6590 Před 2 lety +2

      Plus they can also possibly move the entire thing to other planets, and terraform the location?

  • @andrewpinner3181
    @andrewpinner3181 Před 2 lety

    Thanks again Dean, l had clue about platform 7 & 1/2 !

  • @jaredquinney204
    @jaredquinney204 Před 2 lety +2

    What a great video

  • @DHuongLeHuynh
    @DHuongLeHuynh Před 2 lety +2

    Without this video, I wouldn’t know platform 7 1/2 exist.

  • @llewcunedda4528
    @llewcunedda4528 Před 2 lety +2

    Wonder if the 7 1/2 train is featured in Fantastic Beasts 3?

  • @maketycry3952
    @maketycry3952 Před 2 lety +2

    7 1/2 had no idea; but I’m not surprised convenient for people who can’t aparate! I bet it’s nice 😊

  • @RoadRage810
    @RoadRage810 Před 2 lety +2

    Woohoo! Another video from Dean to make the day go faster and distract me from boring tasks.

  • @katmaresparkles9578
    @katmaresparkles9578 Před 2 lety +2

    I didn't know about platform 7 1/2

  • @narcoasa3968
    @narcoasa3968 Před 2 lety +2

    Had no idea about Platform 7 1/2!!! That’s sooo cool!!

  • @nielsleenknegt5839
    @nielsleenknegt5839 Před rokem +2

    This is most likely all cannon within Harry Potter but me who know a thing or 2 about trains and steamtrains, this feels so wrong: this train was only built in 1937. Not in the 1830... like real world 1830 steam engines were still made of wood, the best steamengine was the famous Stephenson's Rocket. So that's verry wierd and confusing but I guess with magic everything is possible

  • @kellysouter4381
    @kellysouter4381 Před 2 lety +1

    1830? The Minister was very fashion forward, to see the picture you used! I did not know about Platform 7 1/2. This is news.

  • @dramaturge231
    @dramaturge231 Před 2 lety

    I’m so glad you used that butter beer phrase again!
    Very interesting video!
    Congratulations on your child!

  • @jkrause365
    @jkrause365 Před 2 lety +1

    No, I didn't know about Platform 7½.
    I've wondered however, how a young witch or wizard from other parts of the island of Britain, or Ireland, for that matter would get to Hogwarts without first having to make the extra trip to London's King's Cross Station. Say the young student comes from Cardiff. Liverpool, or Leeds, King's Cross is a little out of the way, isn't it? What with Hogwarts being located somewhere in the Scottish Highlands, it would seem practical to have trunk lines delivering students to Northampton or Leicester, Edinburgh, or perhaps Glasgow where the Hogwarts Express would make stops.

  • @dimensiondemon5047
    @dimensiondemon5047 Před 2 lety +1

    Very magical. *Choo-choo!*

  • @Sayid112
    @Sayid112 Před 2 lety +2

    No mention about the lady with the trolley? Why?

  • @eranshachar9954
    @eranshachar9954 Před 2 lety +1

    Very good and interesting video Dean. Thank you for teaching me, about platform 7.5, I didn't know that. I guess in all the 860 years, since the foundation of the school, apparition masters brought the students to the school, which probably made the journey longer & more dangerous. Or with a port key, but then if you miss the port key, you are screwed.

  • @59rlmccormack
    @59rlmccormack Před 2 lety

    I didn’t know of Platform 7 1/2 until you mentioned it, that is cool.

  • @celticdragon2261
    @celticdragon2261 Před 2 lety

    I did not know about the platform for adults. Thank you for the video love your content

  • @elviramontanna7449
    @elviramontanna7449 Před 2 lety +3

    I want to work on the Hogwarts Express imagine only working 6 times a year

  • @NicklasZandeVGCP2001
    @NicklasZandeVGCP2001 Před 2 lety +2

    I wonder what Gordon thought when he saw the Hogwarts Express.

    • @User-3O3
      @User-3O3 Před rokem

      PAHHHHH(!) Who cares? A lot of fuss about nothing, if you ask me.

  • @harryjohnson9215
    @harryjohnson9215 Před rokem

    I'm surprised that some wizards didn't work at King cross as that would a good way to keep an eye on the platform

  • @marcleslac2413
    @marcleslac2413 Před rokem

    Its incredible how the olton hall was sent to barry brothers scrapyard and was saved in the nick of time.

  • @arezdracul8650
    @arezdracul8650 Před 2 lety +3

    7 1/2???? Never heard of it till now.

  • @lilsweethart85218
    @lilsweethart85218 Před 2 lety

    I have heard of platform 7 1/2 in another video I watched but it didn't say much. Could you do a short video about it?

  • @RuhanMajithia
    @RuhanMajithia Před 2 lety

    I knew about platform 7 1/2 because it was in the back of one of the books

  • @ladyD2005
    @ladyD2005 Před 2 lety +1

    With the success of two channels have you ever thought about creating another one? I know I’ll subscribe!!

  • @willsteuer1621
    @willsteuer1621 Před 2 lety +6

    Hogwarts Express is an express route, not a named engine. Express routes run from point A to point B with no stops in between. Thus from Kings Cross to Hogsmead Village. The engine we know from the movies is not the first and only engine to have been used on this route. The engine we know is a GWR 4900 Class engine number 5972. This is a Hall Class engine designed by Charles Collett in 1923. The first prototype was built in 1924, and went into full production in 1928. There is no way engine number 5972 could have been used prior to 1928. So from 1830 to 1928 there were other engines and coaches used on the express route known as the Hogwarts Express. In the game "Hogwarts Legacy" which takes place sometime in the 1800's I am hoping the game designers use an "era appropriate" engine and coaches for the Hogwarts Express route.

  • @shortylove876
    @shortylove876 Před 2 lety +1

    I had no idea about platform 7 1/2

  • @malotonga4957
    @malotonga4957 Před 2 lety

    I knew about it thanks to SCB video last year about the arrivals of new comers, upper class men, n last year arrivals n they explained 7 1/2 too. Nice video tho.

  • @Aedren
    @Aedren Před 2 lety

    I didn't knew there were other train platforms.
    Anyway, it was an interesting video. :)

  • @reginaspafford1847
    @reginaspafford1847 Před 2 lety

    Where can I watch the Riddle Animated Story episodes?! I'd love to see them, but can't quite figure out where to. 💕 love your videos

  • @tscarb
    @tscarb Před 2 lety

    I would love to know about the orient express and platform 7 1/2

  • @themegabigctoo
    @themegabigctoo Před 2 lety +2

    I've always wondered something. Kingscross is in London which is in southern England, while hogwarts is in southern Scotland. So do student's that live near or north of hogwarts have to go to London to get to school?

    • @nicopavvi8494
      @nicopavvi8494 Před 8 měsíci

      Yes, because they need to go to Diagon Alley to get school supplies

  • @TheSaneHatter
    @TheSaneHatter Před 2 lety

    You *did* mention Platform 7-1/2 in a previous video: the one about the snack-cart lady on the Express (she works THAT train, too, you said).

  • @merrly20
    @merrly20 Před 2 lety

    How did you know about the platform 7 1/2? I didn’t know that that existed can you do a video on that please?

  • @Julsleewall
    @Julsleewall Před 2 lety +1

    I’ve never heard about Platform 7 1/2, but I would like to learn more about it. 😊

  • @savoivkovic4197
    @savoivkovic4197 Před 2 lety

    Nice vide and a good idea to use a real train to gave that scene 0:25 a more realistic feeling😉

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 Před 2 lety

    Platform 7 1/2? Never heard of it. However, I'm a great fan of railways and videos about them, as well as a fan of HP. I LOVED this video!

  • @AHufflepuffAndASwiftie
    @AHufflepuffAndASwiftie Před 2 lety +1

    ME! Mainly because I also watch SCB videos! I believe they mentioned it in one of their vids OR else I read it on the old Pottermore website somewhere before they changed it to "The Wizarding Word"! 😎

  • @NVPhotography
    @NVPhotography Před 2 lety

    Super carlin brothters had a video about the hogwarts express if im not mistaken but i knew about 7,5 and the orient express from another video

  • @jameswest981
    @jameswest981 Před 2 lety

    Bloody hell,I missed the notification for,The Hogwarts Express. I must have a Nargel,or something 🤔.

  • @Marcy53Volkswagen
    @Marcy53Volkswagen Před 3 měsíci

    we need a movie about the hogwarts express. a comedy and somewhere in between robert dawney jr's sherlock holmes.

  • @AlexD-dg4sz
    @AlexD-dg4sz Před 2 lety +1

    You forgot to mention how long does the trip in the Hogwarts Express take...

  • @nessleevachnine6394
    @nessleevachnine6394 Před 2 lety +1

    I knew about both platforms.

  • @Hayden_Michael
    @Hayden_Michael Před 2 lety

    I had no clue until you said that and I was like hold up what I had no clue honestly I swear I had no idea there was a platform 7 and 1/2

  • @cousinlsytherin
    @cousinlsytherin Před 2 lety

    This was my first time hearing about 2nd platform.

  • @Hayden_Michael
    @Hayden_Michael Před 2 lety

    Hey Harry Potter folklore can you please do one about the Ford Anglia because Harry's kind of wow about that too and if you couldn't tell I love that car so much

  • @heatherroberson8981
    @heatherroberson8981 Před 2 lety

    You said that it does 3 round trips, but stated 4 times of the year that it’s used. Who works on the train? Conductor, trolley witch, who else? They can’t have all of those kids with no adult supervision.

  • @hufflepuffbee8384
    @hufflepuffbee8384 Před 2 lety

    I cannot help but headcanon that for non first years the train stops in the north of England (maybe York) and maybe Edinburgh because it’s so inconvenient for anyone who lives in the north to go down to London to get the train ngl 😂

  • @georgethurlow7253
    @georgethurlow7253 Před 3 měsíci

    as trains decline in general and steam is long gone any train is magic

  • @Fyreshield
    @Fyreshield Před 2 lety

    Platform 7 1/2 was completely new to me

  • @GryffindorScholar
    @GryffindorScholar Před 2 lety

    I’m still rereading the Harry Potter series and am on the half blood Prince and have yet to read mention of the orient or platform 7 1/2. That really aught to be expanded upon better, and have its own merchandise as well as the Hogwarts express.

  • @Tommie_the_wrath_of_Khan
    @Tommie_the_wrath_of_Khan Před 2 lety +1

    Where is the Hogwarts express stored at when not in use?

  • @DanTheYoutubeAddict
    @DanTheYoutubeAddict Před 2 lety

    I knew about Platform 7 1/2 but I always thought that it was used by the Hogwarts professors to travel to the school to get ready for the year. Thank you for the clarification.

  • @jonerikbrinchmann5246
    @jonerikbrinchmann5246 Před 2 lety

    Where did we learn about 7 1/2 ? I have tried to see the move and read the books.. but I do not find.

  • @DualStupidity
    @DualStupidity Před rokem

    I would love to see a less anachronistic take on the Hogwarts Express. As a steam enthusiast, I believe a locomotive built circa 1830 would look quite a bit different.

  • @deborahcox7784
    @deborahcox7784 Před rokem

    I had never heard of platform 71/2.

  • @TheITinFIT
    @TheITinFIT Před 2 lety +1

    Didn’t know about Platform 7 1/2, but I knew about Platform 13! (Anyone else?)

  • @jenniferpruitt6534
    @jenniferpruitt6534 Před 2 lety

    The Hogwarts Express in the movies was a real train? Did not know that!

  • @Teedeedubbelu
    @Teedeedubbelu Před 2 lety

    Its kinda strange wizards from ireland and scotland first had to go to Londen.