Potter fans can hop on board the Hogwarts Express at new exhibit

And soon fans of the wizarding film series will be able to hop on board the Hogwarts Express as it goes on display at the Warner Bros Studio Tour later this month. The 78-year-old 5972 Olton Hall, which featured in the film series, has been redesigned by original crew members and an Oscar-winning special effects artist for a new exhibit.

The famous Platform 9 3/4, complete with glass roof, yellow brick walls and luggage racks have been painstakingly reassembled, and visitors can explore the interior carriage used for the chocolate frogs scene in Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone and the menacing Dementor attack in Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban.

Filming for the Philosopher’s Stone film saw Goathland Station in North Yorkshire transformed into Hogsmeade, with the Hogwarts Express arriving and leaving from the station. It has gone on display at the National Railway Museum in York several times, including during special ‘Wizard Weeks’ in 2011 and 2012.

Mark Williams, who played Arthur Weasley in the films, said: “We always enjoyed filming on Platform 9 3/4 - it was the beginning of every adventure. The Hogwarts Express was a magical part of the Harry Potter film series.”