Editing Places in Harry Potter (section)

===Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, King's Cross===
[[File:Platform9.75 - 2012.jpg|thumb|Following the success of ''Harry Potter'', a sign reading "Platform 9¾ " was installed at London's King's Cross railway station.]]

The [[Hogwarts Express]] train departs from the fictional platform 9¾ at [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross]] railway station in central London. The platform is accessed by magically walking through a solid barrier between platforms 9 and 10. After the ''Harry Potter'' novels were published, Rowling found that she had confused the layout of King's Cross with that of [[Euston railway station|Euston station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/muggle/encyc/muggle-k.html#kings_cross|title=The Muggle Encyclopedia|access-date=12 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070724195244/http://www.hp-lexicon.org/muggle/encyc/muggle-k.html#kings_cross|archive-date=24 July 2007}}</ref> During production of the ''Harry Potter'' films, the [[St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel]], which is part of [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras station]], was used for King's Cross station.

A plaque depicting the supposed location Platform 9¾ was placed on a wall at King's Cross, along with a luggage trolley "stuck" halfway through the wall. A wrought-iron "Platform 9¾" gate used in the film set is preserved at the [[National Railway Museum]]. After [[Alan Rickman]]'s death in 2016, ''Harry Potter'' fans created a memorial to the actor at Platform 9¾.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gettell |first=Oliver |date=14 January 2016 |title=Alan Rickman dies: Harry Potter fans honor actor at Platform 9¾ |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/14/alan-rickman-dies-harry-potter-tribute-platform-9-34 |access-date=15 January 2016 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> A ''Harry Potter''–themed store is also located in the station near the plaque.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Fiona |date=1 September 2018 |title=Back to Hogwarts day: Harry Potter fans descend on King's Cross with a surprise appearance from Jude Law and Eddie Redmayne |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harry-potter-fans-descend-on-kings-cross-for-back-to-hogwarts-day-a3925281.html |access-date=2018-11-23 |work=Evening Standard|location=London |language=en-GB}}</ref>

There is a replica of King's Cross at [[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Orlando Resort)|The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]] themed area at [[Universal Orlando Resort]]. It features a wall between Platforms 9 and 10, which visitors can "walk through" to access Platform 9¾.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQdReb_tMWg |title=Hogwarts Express Train Ride Full POV from Kings Cross Station to Hogsmeade at Universal Orlando |date=6 July 2014 |last=Temporary Tourist |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/hQdReb_tMWg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |format=YouTube video}}{{cbignore}}</ref>