Transportation

PA22: Owl Post Again • Source Harry and Hermione safely return to the Hospital Wing, where Professor Snape arrives to blame them for Sirius Black’s escape but cannot prove it. Professor Lupin resigns, returning the invisibility cloak and Marauder’s Map to Harry. Term ends, Harry, Ron and… Read More

PA3: The Knight Bus • Source Harry tries to decide what to do, the Knight Bus arrives, and he asks to be taken to London. En route Harry learns about Sirius Black. He is met by Cornelius Fudge at Diagon Alley and installed in a room at the Leaky… Read More

PA5: The Dementor • Source The students leave the Leaky Cauldron for Hogwarts, board the train, discuss Hogsmeade and a sleeping Professor Remus Lupin prevents a fight with Malfoy. The train is boarded by Dementors, Harry passes out, Professor McGonagall wants a word with Harry and… Read More

Penny-Farthing • Glossary An early form of bicycle with a very large front wheel and a small rear wheel (NSOED). Read More

Percy Weasley • Character Percy Weasley, an ambitious and rather pompous young man, is unquestionably the black sheep of the Weasley family. He works hard and has always taken great pride in becoming Prefect (PS5) and Head Boy (PA1), earning twelve O.W.L.s (CS4), and… Read More

Pheasant • Food and drinks An ordinary game bird, usually roasted. Read More

platform guard • Character The platform guard at King’s Cross station was a Muggle who was unaware of Hogwarts and unable to give Harry any useful information when he tried to find out how to get to the Hogwarts Express. After the Dursleys leave Harry near the clearly marked Platforms 9 and 10, he… Read More

Platform Nine and Three-Quarters • Railway places • Wizarding places In northwestern London lies Kings Cross Station, a Muggle railway station that is one of the busiest in the city. It’s a perfectly ordinary station, with big plastic numbers over each track and guards who have never heard of Hogwarts School (PS6). However, every September 1,… Read More

🎙️ About Platform Nine and Three-Quarters • Article

Posted September 3, 2019 by Steve VanderArk in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

It’s the first of September and in the Wizarding world, children starting at age eleven will board the Hogwarts Express at King’s Cross Station to travel north to Scotland, and the new school year will begin. I thought I’d take this opportunity to talk about some of the interesting facts… Read More

Pm1.6.1 • Source Three essays: The Hogwarts Express Platform Nine and Three-Quarters Toads… Read More

Polly Chapman starts her fourth year at Hogwarts • Event Polly Chapman boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts her fourth year at Hogwarts (CC1.10). Read More

Polly Chapman starts her second year at Hogwarts • Event Polly Chapman boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts her second year at Hogwarts (CC1.4). Read More

Polly Chapman starts her third year at Hogwarts • Event Polly Chapman boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts her third year at Hogwarts (CC1.4). Read More

Polly Chapman starts her first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor • Event Polly Chapman boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters from King’s Cross for her first year at Hogwarts School. She is initially pleased that they have a Potter in their year – until Albus is sorted into Slytherin house (CC1.4). It is not stated specifically whether Polly… Read More

Portkey • Transportation A Portkey is an enchanted object which will transport a person to a pre-specified location. The object is usually a supposedly worthless piece of junk so as not to attract Muggle attention (GF6). There are two types of Portkey: the first is activated when touched, and the second only… Read More

Portkey Office • Ministry of Magic A division of the Department of Magical Transportation with responsibility for Portkey registration and use… Read More

Portkey Tout • Character The Portkey Tout is described as “a slightly sinister figure … all black tattered robes.” The Portkey he has (a rusty bucket) is apparently time controlled as he counts down the time as Newt Scamander attempts to haggle the price. Originally, Newt had been quoted 30 Galleons to… Read More

Portus — "Portus" • Incantations Turns the target object into a Portkey. Read More

Supersensory Charm — "none given, possibly silent" • Spells Lets the caster sense things out of his or her line of sight. Read More

The two Potter boys and their fellow students board the train for another year at Hogwarts • Event Students board the Hogwarts Express at King’s Cross for a new school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: James Potter in his fourth year; Albus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Granger-Weasley starting their second year (CC1.4). Read More

The Potter children and their fellow students board the train for Hogwarts School • Event Students board the Hogwarts Express at King’s Cross for a new school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: James Potter in his sixth year; Albus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Granger-Weasley for their fourth year; Lily Potter starting her second year (CC1.10). Read More

The three Potter children and their fellow students board the train for another year at Hogwarts • Event Students board the Hogwarts Express at King’s Cross for a new school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: James Potter in his fifth year; Albus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Granger-Weasley starting their third year; Lily Potter joining for her first year at… Read More

The Potters and Draco Malfoy arrive in Headmistress McGonagall's office • Event Ginny Weasley, her husband Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy arrive in Headmistress McGonagall’s office by Floo Powder, wanting to see their children. McGonagall agrees as she sees that Harry has backed down from keeping Albus and Scorpius apart. She checks the… Read More

Pre: Prequel • Source In the spring of 2008, J K Rowling wrote an 800-word short short story to be auctioned off for charity. The story has come to be known as the Harry Potter Prequel, since the story tells of an adventure shared by James Potter and Sirius Black as they… Read More

PS6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters • Source Uncle Vernon takes Harry to King’s Cross station and leaves him there. Harry meets the Weasleys who help him get to Platform Nine and Three Quarters and settled on the train. Here he gets to know Ron and meets Hermione as the train rumbles to Hogwarts. Upon… Read More

Pumpkin Pasty Hand Grenade • Food and drinks The Hogwarts Express Trolley Witch threw a Pumpkin Pasty that exploded like a hand grenade as Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy  jumped from the roof of the train (CC1.11)… Read More