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Keep on meaning to post this, thanks to my Girlfreind Emily for finding it!

HP Fan Trips has announce the limited availability of tickets for a steam train journey in the carriages used for the Hogwarts Express in the filming of the Harry Potter movies. These tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. The cost is $145 US (approx. 79 GBP) per ticket.

On July 18, the train will depart from Paddington Court Station in London in the morning for travel to Oxford in the carriages used for the Hogwarts Express in the filming of the Harry Potter movies. (Exact departure time TBD.) Clients purchasing a train only ticket (as opposed to the HP FAN TRIP) will be given a map of filming locations that they can use for a self guided walking tour of Oxford. While in Oxford they can take in pubs, shops, and the sights of Oxford. They will be given a time to return back to the Train Station in Oxford to Board the train for the journey back to London and Paddington Court Station. Return time will be in the late afternoon (exact time TBD.)

TIMING – the Journey to Oxford will be approx 2 hours and the return will be 1 hour

Infants less than 2 years – free
2 years to 7 years – 50%
Over 7 years full price.

For more info about this hogwarts express train journey tomorrow, click here!

1. Ian Davies says:

   July 13, 2009 at 6:43 pm

   Does anyone know what the timings are for the train, my son wants to see it at Reading?
2. Darren Straight says:

   July 14, 2009 at 5:17 pm

   It departs paddington station at 9:30 and arrives at oxford 2 hours latter. (not reading).
3. Richard Campain says:

   July 17, 2009 at 11:19 am

   Excursions come at the bottom of the pile, so they can often run late or be timed differently as the day progresses. Theycan be early too so arrive in good time: –

   Paddington 0923
   Slough 0951
   Maidenhead 0959
   Reading 1015
   Didcot 1041
   Oxford
4. Richard Campain says:

   July 17, 2009 at 11:20 am

   Excursions come at the bottom of the pile, so they can often run late or be timed differently as the day progresses. Theycan be early too so arrive in good time: –

   Paddington 0923
   Slough 0951
   Maidenhead 0959
   Reading 1015
   Didcot 1041
   Oxford 1119
   Its then a diesel on the way back because the engine has to get back home to Scotland before midnight.

   PS Its not just the carriages, its the real engine they use in the filming too…
5. Bernie Wood says:

   July 18, 2009 at 10:55 am

   Is the train that leaves oxford this afternoon, the same train with just a different engine. Or is it just a normal one. Only found out about this trip this morning, too late to see it leaving Paddington, Maybe a chance to see it when it returns ?
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