<div align="center">(https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180316/d664663fdde663c9176682df774bf2f6.png)<br/>(https://i.imgur.com/E8MfVHx.jpg)<br/><br/>"We are Proud to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts Academy of witchcraft and wizardry.<br/>Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.<br/><br/>Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.<br/><br/>Yours sincerely,<br/><br/>(https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180316/6d717ddd5e514aaf5186046fde081708.png)<br/>Headmaster"<br/><br/>For some this marks the beginning of their journey. The expected first steps from a proud pure or half blood family, or perhaps the first glimpse a world beyond the one muggleborns had previously grown up in. For many more it is the return to school. Many students travel to King's Cross Station where they are instructed to arrived at Platform Nine and Three Quarters. Upon arriving they will see a crowd of students and families gathering and preparing to depart. Tears are shed, and painful farewells being made. Hugs all across the platform as some students rush to the train to escape pictures and further embarrassing displays of affection.<br/><br/>The train makes this run at least four times a year, and probably, more often than that, as needed. It does leave without fail on September 1 at 11 am from Platform Nine and Three Quarters, King's Cross, arriving at Hogsmeade Station in the early evening. Most students take the train back to King's Cross to go home for the Christmas and Easter holidays. The train also makes the run back again to London at the end of term in June.<br/><br/>The train is pulled by a scarlet steam locomotive. There is no dining service, but a witch pushes a tea trolley through the train midway through the trip, selling various types of sweets and iced pumpkin juice. There is a separate car or two at the front of the train for Hogwarts Prefects. There are usually no adults aboard the Hogwarts Express except the witch with the tea trolley and the driver<br/><br/>Students will need to arrive by 11 O'clock sharp or be left behind</div>