"mentioned in the December 2005 film, . The train evacuating the Pevensie children from London Paddington stops at a rural station which is identified by the train guard as Pewsey. In actuality, the scene was shot at Highley Station on the preserved Severn Valley Railway. Even so, the film is correct in as much as any train going to Coombe Halt, the ultimate destination of the Pevensie children, would have to pass through Pewsey on its way from London Paddington. Pewsey railway station Pewsey railway station serves the village of Pewsey in the county of Wiltshire, England. The station is"
"a hidden London street where Harry gets his owl Hedwig and various school supplies, and Gringotts Wizarding Bank, where he uncovers a fortune left to him by his parents in his vault. There, he is surprised to discover how famous he truly is among witches and wizards. A month later, Harry leaves the Dursleys' home to catch the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross railway station's secret Hogwarts platform, Platform. On the train, he quickly befriends fellow first-year Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, whose snobbiness and affinity for spells initially causes the two boys to dislike her. There, Harry also makes"
"characters were almost all based upon real classes of locomotive, and some of the railways themselves were directly based upon real lines in the British Isles. Characters and stories from the books formed the basis of the children's television series ""Thomas & Friends"". Audio adaptations of ""The Railway Series"" have been recorded at various times under the title ""The Railway Stories"". The stories began in 1942, when two-year-old Christopher Awdry had caught measles and was confined to a darkened room. His father would tell him stories and rhymes to cheer him up. One of Christopher's favourite rhymes was: <poem>Early in"
"travelling on the London Underground and seeing Neasden station, which made him think ""Noggin"". Some of the original artwork for the series is on display at the Rupert Bear Museum. The appearance of the characters was influenced by Peter Firmin seeing the Lewis chessmen in the British Museum. The stories were based around the central character of Noggin, the rather simple but good-natured son of Knut, King of the Nogs, and his queen Grunhilda. When King Knut dies, Noggin must find a queen to rule beside him or else forfeit the crown to his uncle, Nogbad the Bad. Noggin meets"
"red petticoats to stop the train whilst Graves has them using a red jacket. A 200-metre footpath in Lee, Greater London is named ""Railway Children Walk"" to commemorate Nesbit's novel of the same name. The short walkway connects Lee High Road to Grove Park, a nearby public park. A similar path is also located in Oxenhope. In the last episode of the first season of British crime series ""Happy Valley"" (2014) a schoolteacher is reading a happy end part of ""The Railway Children"", after which a schoolboy wants to find his father, though the latter has been warned of as"
"12. Crossrail services are due to start in autumn 2019. The new station box will be deep and long. Future Development The children's book character Paddington Bear was named after the station. In the books, by Michael Bond, he is found at the station, having come from ""deepest, darkest Peru"" and with a note attached to his coat reading ""please look after this bear, thank you"". A statue of him by Marcus Cornish, based on the original drawings by Peggy Fortnum, is located under the clock on platform 1. Paddington station has been referred to in several popular works of"
"instead with Oxenholme becoming a junction station. The branch line would be between Oxenholme and its terminus at (although it actually is in Birthwaite about from the actual lake). It opened in April 1847. The station's popularity with visitors to The Lakes was fictionalised by Arthur Ransome in the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, where it was renamed ""Strickland Junction"". In Pigeon Post Roger releases a homing pigeon there. On 10 February 1965 fugitive John Middleton, who was hiding in the waiting room, shot and killed Carlisle policeman Alex Archibald at the station, his colleague, George Russell, who"
"field on his first day at Sodor. The most humiliating scenario James ever entered in was when he broke a coach brake pipe and needed a passenger's bootlace to fix it. This particular incident made James an unpopular figure and a short-time target of insults from Toby, Gordon and Thomas. However, he later befriended Gordon after he struggled with a particular task, and today both engines get along with each other. James first appeared in ""The Railway Series"" in the book ""Thomas the Tank Engine"" in 1946. He was named after a friend of the publishers son, James Furze. He"
"The Railway Children The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in ""The London Magazine"" during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known. The ""Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"" credits Oswald Barron, who had a deep affection for Nesbit, with having provided the plot. The setting is thought to be inspired by Edith's walks to Chelsfield railway station close to where she lived, and her observing the construction of the railway cutting and tunnel between"
"they met when Bodger was purchasing a ticket to make a journey on a London Underground train and Badger (when a fully grown adult Badger) stole the ticket, only to meet him again on the train. In this sequence, Bodger first expresses dismissal of the event only to look puzzled by what has just happened a moment later. A later episode (after those titles stopped being used), however, suggests that Simon Bodger started looking after Badger when he was a badger cub. There were several different Badger puppets used throughout the series - all looked very similar bar their ear"
"being a criminal. The Railway Children The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in ""The London Magazine"" during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known. The ""Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"" credits Oswald Barron, who had a deep affection for Nesbit, with having provided the plot. The setting is thought to be inspired by Edith's walks to Chelsfield railway station close to where she lived, and her observing the construction of the railway cutting"
"says that he used to work at Paddington so he knows that Paddington is most important. However, Gordon later finds out that the station in London is St Pancras. There is a fictional underground Paddington station on the North London System in the novel ""The Horn of Mortal Danger"" (1980). Paddington station was the subject of William Powell Frith's 1862 painting ""The Railway Station"". The portrait was viewed by over 21,000 people (paying a shilling each) in the first seven weeks of it being publicly shown. The painting is now held in the Royal Holloway College. The band Supertramp used"
"corpses. He explains the train is operated magically and its track leads to the school the Antichrist came from, but he himself is unable to join them. The train travels across Britain's underlying dream realm and stops at the ruins of Hogwarts school (which is not openly named in the story). As Mina and Orlando search the ruins, flashbacks show the events leading up to the school's destruction. As a baby, the Antichrist (who is heavily implied to be Harry Potter but never referred to by name) was scarred with the mark of the beast on his forehead, and throughout"
"of his siblings, being (as of the first book) neither an excellent Quidditch player, a noteworthy student, nor the daughter his mother always wanted. All of these factors combined cause Ron to feel insecure; Ron's inferiority complex and his need to prove himself, is the main thrust of his character arc. Rowling first introduces Ron with his family in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". Harry is lost at King's Cross railway station and the Weasleys guide him through the barrier of Platform 9¾ into the wizarding world. Ron and Harry share a compartment on the Hogwarts Express, and they"
"Peter Sam Peter Sam is a fictional narrow gauge steam locomotive character in ""The Railway Series"" children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry and the television adaptation ""Thomas and Friends"". Peter Sam lives and works on the Skarloey Railway on the Island of Sodor as engine No. 4. Peter Sam first appeared in ""The Railway Series"" in the story ""Sir Handel"". This story is set just after Peter Sam and Sir Handel had been purchased by the Thin Controller. Peter Sam (originally named ""Stuart"" on the Mid Sodor Railway) was renamed and repainted in the Skarloey Railway livery of red"
"workers. He takes his name from ""Merry Tucker's Home-Baked Goods"", a bakery on Tenth Avenue. He meets Harry Kitten, who took his name from two children he heard talking. One said ""Harry-you're a ""character""!"" and the kitten decided he too wanted to be a character. The two become friends and search New York City for a home of their own. Their wanderings take them to the basement of the Empire State Building and to Gramercy Park, among other places. Eventually, they settle down in a disused drain pipe in the Times Square subway station. ""Kirkus Reviews"" found that ""The generously"
"turned into a story in the book, with almost no alteration from the real event. Sir Handel Sir Handel is a fictional steam locomotive from ""The Railway Series"" children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry and its spin-off TV series, ""Thomas & Friends"". ""Sir Handel"" lives and works on the Skarloey Railway on the Island of Sodor as Engine No.3. ""Sir Handel"" is named after the owner of the Skarloey Railway, Sir Handel Brown. Sir Handel can be badly behaved at times and is very prone to temper tantrums when he does not get his own way. He has also"
"and the station became well known for its association with the ""Harry Potter"" books and films, particularly the fictional Platform 9¾. The station stands on the London Inner Ring Road at the eastern end of Euston Road, next to the junction with Pentonville Road, Gray's Inn Road and York Way, in what is now the London Borough of Camden. To the west, at the other side of Pancras Road, is St Pancras railway station. Several London bus routes, including 10, 30, 59, 73, 91, 205, 390, 476 pass in front of or to the side of the station. King's Cross"
"Metal"" magazine divided the story into ten parts in 1984–1985 (June 1984/Vol. 8 No. 3–March 1985/Vol. 8 No. 12). The first individual album format English version of the graphic novel was published by Catalan Communications in March, 1990 (). In 2002 Humanoids Publishing presented the hardcover version, the first with the epilogue (). A Soviet Railway train passes through the station of Czaszyn, Poland, at night. The first characters of the novel are introduced: a young, unnamed French student, and Evgeni Golozov, an Ukrainian polyglot born in 1918 who is a member of the Central Committee and the ""de facto"""
"the Euston Road, and then in 2012 to the new western departures concourse. A wrought iron 'Platform ' gate used as part of the film set is preserved at the National Railway Museum. Soon after Alan Rickman's death in 2016 fans created a memorial to the actor at platform . A Harry Potter-themed store is also located in the station near the plaque. J. K. Rowling's parents met on a train at King's Cross Station in 1964. J. K. Rowling formed the idea for Harry Potter while she was on a train in 1990. The following are locations used by"
"Lady Bracknell: minute attention to the details of her style created a comic effect of assertion by restraint. In contrast to her encyclopaedic knowledge of the social distinctions of London's street names, Jack's obscure parentage is subtly evoked. He defends himself against her ""A handbag?"" with the clarification, ""The Brighton Line"". At the time, Victoria Station consisted of two separate but adjacent terminal stations sharing the same name. To the east was the ramshackle LC&D Railway, on the west the up-market LB&SCR—the Brighton Line, which went to Worthing, the fashionable, expensive town the gentleman who found baby Jack was travelling"
"him a favorite amongst young readers. He is very ecstatic. Watch: is the dog of the Boxcar children. He acted as a ""watchdog"" when they lived in the boxcar and protected them. Watch was originally owned by a wealthy lady but ran away and was adopted by the Alden children. The lady was so charmed by the children that she permitted them to keep him. Watch is a Wire Fox Terrier, and the children found him while Henry was away at work. He had a thorn in his paw, and Jessie removed it. Because of this, he became known as"
"Sir Handel Sir Handel is a fictional steam locomotive from ""The Railway Series"" children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry and its spin-off TV series, ""Thomas & Friends"". ""Sir Handel"" lives and works on the Skarloey Railway on the Island of Sodor as Engine No.3. ""Sir Handel"" is named after the owner of the Skarloey Railway, Sir Handel Brown. Sir Handel can be badly behaved at times and is very prone to temper tantrums when he does not get his own way. He has also been known on at least two occasions to pretend to be ill in order to"
"Chesham, Buckinghamshire, the Furthest Station on the Metropolitan Line. The Furthest Station The Furthest Station is the latest novella in the Peter Grant series by English author Ben Aaronovitch. The novella is set after the fifth (Foxglove Summer) but before the sixth (The Hanging Tree) novel in the series. Teaming up with BTP Sergeant Jaget Kumar, his young cousin Abigail Kamara, Inspector Nightingale and Toby the ghost hunting dog, PC Peter Grant tackles the mystery of ghostly encounters on the Metropolitan Line. Weirder still, the witnesses forget about their experiences mere minutes after they've occurred. As the mystery unravels, Grant"
"the country. They were called: ""Bad Days for Thomas and His Friends / More Bad Days for Thomas and His Friends"". The train operator Virgin Trains produced a colouring book for young passengers based on the stories. A series of six books has been produced featuring locomotives from the Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway, and illustrated by Marc Vyvyan-Jones. Published by Dean (Reed Children's Books), 1990–1997, illustrated by Ken Stott.<br> Christopher Awdry Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) is an English author known for his contributions to ""The Railway Series"" of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started"
"thrilled by his first ride in the tube. He has always been in buses until today."""" Other print versions have more switches between John and Edward (in Chapter 2 a few sentences apart, for example). However, in the audiobook edition read by Hugh Fraser, the boy is always called Edward, even in those two instances where the print version has the wrong name. Thus they are termed errata. It is not clear when the errata were corrected for the audiobook. The book is inconsistent in its references to Bella Tanios' maiden name. There is an early reference to her as"
"this inspired a key scene in ""Trainspotting"" by Irvine Welsh. The character Begbie is in the station for that purpose, when from the shadows an alcoholic tramp jeers that he must be there for train-spotting. Begbie reflects that heroin use is like train-spotting, as only those who do it can understand the urge to do so . . and he realises with a shock that the tramp is his own father . The large train-shed was subsequently demolished and all that remains is the terminal building and clock tower. The site of the station currently houses a children's soft-play centre,"
"with an old Nurse who has set up a boardinghouse in central London. Her only remaining boarder is a scholarly Egyptologist who has filled his bedsit with ancient artefacts. During the course of the book, the children get to know the ""poor learned gentleman"" and befriend him and call him Jimmy. Nurse's house is in Fitzrovia, the district of London near the British Museum, which Nesbit accurately conveys as having bookstalls and shops filled with unusual merchandise. In one of these shops the children find the Psammead. It had been captured by a trapper, who failed to recognise it as"
"takes the Sunday School all the way to Wellsworth Hospital. Edward is there to take the children home. Gordon's Stowaway Gordon makes fun of Oliver's friend Dilly the duck because animals don't help run railways. Gordon has to make a visit to the mainland when he feels a scrambling under his tender. It turns out to be a cat and it surprisingly becomes a new friend. You Never Know Toby tells Thomas and Percy another story about his old tramway. Toby and Henrietta were not happy about the buses taking all their passengers. They got their passengers back when one"
"The Railway Detective The Railway Detective is the eponymous opening title in the series of detective mystery novels written by Keith Miles under the pseudonym Edward Marston. Set in 1851, it is about a railway robbery which is investigated and ultimately solved by two Scotland Yard detectives, Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming. The novel was published in 2004 by Allison & Busby of London. The book's cover depicts part of ""The Railway Station"" (1862) by William Powell Frith. According to the publishers in a 2018 news release, the series has been optioned for television adaptation by Mammoth Screen."
"Howard loved reading and had over 35,000 books in his collection, many were first editions. His other hobby was trains and trainsets and tea was often passed on the back of a train that circumvented his living room. His favourite magazine was Private Eye and the Beano and Dandy comics which he collected for many decades. Lewis was born in London, England. As a young man, Lewis flat-shared with Ken Morley (Reg Holdsworth of ""Coronation Street"") and Andy Carr, actor and screen writer. His first job was with the Royal Air Force, where he was a computer operator. He worked"
"on church fête days. He has made friends with BoCo and Edward, but is very quiet and shy. He loves the railway and has no prejudice against any of the engines. He now lives at the vicarage orchard at Wellsworth on Edward's Branch Line. As in the Railway Series, Edward discovered Trevor in Crock's Scrap Yard, and later persuaded the Vicar to purchase Trevor and restore him for work at the Wellsworth Vicarage. Some time after this, Trevor temporarily ran out of work at the vicarage and so was loaned to Sir Topham Hatt to help with the construction of"
"Tongham. The line from Aldershot station opened in 1870 and was electrified on 4 July 1937. Passenger services via Ash Green Halt and Tongham ceased on the same date. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travelled by train to Farnham in ""The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist"". Holmes said, ""A beautiful neighbourhood and full of the most interesting associations. You remember, Watson, that it was near there that we took Archie Stamford, the forger."" Watson recounted, ""We had ascertained from the lady that she went down upon the Monday by the train which leaves Waterloo at 9.50, so I started early"