What is the name of the magical train that carries Harry Potter to Hogwarts?

The Hogwarts Express carries Harry Potter and other students to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

In J.K. Rowling’s novels, the train departs from London’s King’s Cross station on 1 September each year. Students reach its hidden platform by passing through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10, arriving at the fictional Platform 9¾. The journey takes them north to the school.

The train provides the setting for several important scenes, including Harry’s first meeting with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. It also becomes a recurring symbol of the school year’s beginning and end. Students usually travel on it at the start and finish of each academic year.

The Hogwarts Express is a magical vehicle within the fiction, while a real steam locomotive was used in the film adaptations. The Jacobite steam train in Scotland became closely associated with the films’ railway scenes, but it is not the Hogwarts Express in Rowling’s story.