Montreal Metro stations get Hogwarts Express makeover
Blue-line station names replaced by wink to Harry Potter fans
The Hogwarts Express may havemade a fleeting appearance in the Montreal Metro yesterday, as local wizards packed up to head back to school.
Stations on the blue line gota mysterious Harry Potter makeover, reportedly thanks to muggles from the University of Montreal's engineering school,cole Polytechnique.
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Stations betweenJean-Talon and Snowdonhad theirnames replaced with Platform 9 3/4.
The fabledhidden platform is where Potter and his classmates board the expresstrain bound for wizard school in the popular novels by J.K. Rowling.
The pictures snapped of the metro stations started turning up with the hashtag#934MTLyesterday morning.
No word yet from the STM on whether or not the additional stops from theHogwarts Express had a dramatic effect on metro service.
Nous souhaitons une excellente journe @stm_Bleue #934mtl pic.twitter.com/gOGmWrqrxA
—@934mtlStation Cte-des-Neiges #934mtl #Info #log pic.twitter.com/5T1jDIp9Q7
—@othian_wdx
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