king's cross station is considered one of the main train stations to serve london, england. students of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry take the scarlet steam engine named the hogwarts express to hogwarts from platform 9¾ on september the first at eleven o'clock sharp. it also serves as a major intercity and commuter rail hub for muggles going to north london, or yorkshire and the north east and scotland.
