Juan Manuel Grijalvo – Magical Transportation in Harry Potter’s World
Hogwarts Express – «Olton Hall» No. 5972 – Great Western Railway «Hall» Class
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic (Clarke’s Third Law)
The witches and wizards of Great Britain enjoy access to several transport systems. The Ministry of Magic has a Department of Magical Transportation to supervise them. It is composed of several teams of civil servants. The Apparation Test Centre controls training to Disapparate / Apparate, and issues the relevant licences. The Broom Regulatory Control checks broomsticks. The Floo Network Authority and the Floo Regulation Panel deal with connections of fireplaces as entry points to the system. And the Portkey Office organised the mass travel to and from the Quidditch World Cup. It was an outstanding achievement. […]