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    ‘Hogwarts Express’ operator loses High Court challenge over door safety

    by Tom Pilgrim Dec 22, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA Media

    The operator of a train service that featured in the Harry Potter films has lost a High Court challenge against a rail regulator over the safety of doors on its carriages.

    West Coast Railway Company Ltd (WCRCL) took legal action against the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) after it refused to exempt the company from rules banning the use of hinged doors without central locking earlier this year.

    The company, which runs the Jacobite service – known popularly as the Hogwarts Express – complained that the multimillion-pound cost of having to retrofit

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