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That is not to say that it is not a transition; in each case, it is a return to school, and thus to a place where Harry's own use of magic is not only permitted, but required. Harry, as an [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Underage Sorcery|underage wizard]], is of course not allowed to use magic anywhere except school. It seems that the largely unsupervised Hogwarts Express is seen as an extension of school, for the purposes of determining whether magic is allowed. Thus, the transition from the repressed world of the underage wizard, to the free world of the wizard who is able to cast spells, seems to happen on the platform.

 

 

There is some question, of course, as to why so many students travel on the Express. London is in the south of mainland Britain, and Hogwarts is in the north. Would it not make sense for students who live further to the north, like [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Seamus Finnigan|Seamus Finnigan]], who is apparently Irish (although we don't know where he lives over the summer), to travel directly to Hogwarts, rather than detouring far to the south of Britain to London and then heading further north to Scotland? This question is never addressed, though it may be worth pointing out that a lot of the British rail network is what is called a "hub and spoke" topology. For reasons dating back to the early days of the railroads, it seems that almost all railroads run to or from one of the several London stations, with relatively few interconnections. It may be simpler to connect with the Express in London than to try and find a train that runs in a more direct manner, particularly since Hogsmeade, as an all-magical village, likely does not appear on many rail schedules.

 

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