{"id":667701,"date":"2026-07-01T09:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667701\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:44:09","slug":"harrry-potter-fans-told-to-stay-off-tracks-after-hogwarts-express-resumes-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667701\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrry Potter fans told to stay off tracks after &#8216;Hogwarts Express&#8217; resumes service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Jacobite was used as the Hogwarts Express in the film adaptations of author JK Rowling&#8217;s Harry Potter stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">ScotRail services and other trains also travel across the viaduct. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Glenfinnan area, near Fort William, gets more than 600,000 visitors a year, according to the National Trust for Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Network Rail Scotland said large crowds of people often gathered near the viaduct to see the Jacobite steam train.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Route crime manager Neil Cook said there were dedicated viewing spots at the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;The Jacobite steam train&#8217;s journey over Glenfinnan Viaduct is a magical sight but it&#8217;s not worth risking your life for. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Too often, we receive reports of dangerous behaviour, with people climbing fences, standing on the railway, or walking along the track to try to get closer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cook added: &#8220;Trespassing on the railway is illegal and puts lives at serious risk. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Trains can come from either direction, are quieter than people expect, and can&#8217;t stop quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacobite was used as the Hogwarts Express in the film adaptations of author JK Rowling&#8217;s Harry Potter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-667701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}