Montreal Metro stations get Hogwarts Express makeover
Blue-line station names replaced by wink to Harry Potter fans
The Hogwarts Express may have made a fleeting appearance in the Montreal Metro yesterday, as local wizards packed up to head back to school.
Stations on the blue line got a mysterious Harry Potter makeover, reportedly thanks to muggles from the University of Montreal's engineering school, École Polytechnique.
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Stations between Jean-Talon and Snowdon had their names replaced with Platform 9 3/4.
The fabled hidden platform is where Potter and his classmates board the express train 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 #934MTL yesterday morning.
No word yet from the STM on whether or not the additional stops from the Hogwarts Express had a dramatic effect on metro service.
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