Harry Potter event axed as annual tradition that saw Jude Law and Eddie Redmayne attend is permanently cancelled
Traditionally, hundreds of fans gather in fancy dress at Kings Cross to recreate the scene of students pushing through the wall to the hidden Platform 9 and 3/4 where the Hogwarts Express waits.
The Back to Hogwarts tradition, which celebrates the start of each academic year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry every September 1, has previously involved the train service being displayed on departure boards.
Last year Warner Brothers Discovery announced the cancellation of the public event and have now confirmed the event will also be cancelled this year.
A statement released in July on the Wizarding World website advised fans to stay away from Kings Cross.
It read: 'Special Hogwarts notice: alas, we must once again discourage fans from attending King's Cross Station on 1st September, as there will be no countdown or train announcement occurring in 2025. Safety first, folks.'
A spokesperson confirmed to The Sun: 'It is the same for this year, in that we won't be hosting the event at the station.'
There will however be a screening of the fourth Harry Potter film at Cineworld Leicester Square with actors James and Oliver Phelps hosting a Q&A.
Last month, it was revealed the Wightwick Hall steam locomotive is on track for worldwide fame as it has been selected to feature as the Hogwarts Express in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.
The locomotive, which has been beautifully restored over 41 years by volunteers, will transport the wizard from platform 9 and 3/4 at London's King's Cross station to the school of magic.
The Wightwick Hall was built in 1948. It travelled 640,000 miles with the Great Western Railway before being withdrawn in 1964 and sold to a scrapyard in Barry, South Wales.
In 1978 it was bought for £9,180 by volunteers from Buckinghamshire Railway Centre in Quainton who restored it.
The loco is now on long-term loan to the Bluebell Railway in West Sussex.
The Wightwick Hall will spend six months a year filming for the HBO series for the next eight years. It will run at the tourist attraction in between shoots.
Filming for the latest adaptation of JK Rowling's novels will begin this month and the show is due to air next year.
Dominic McLaughlin, 11, has landed the role of Harry Potter while Arabella Stanton, 11, will play Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout, 11, will star as Ron Weasley.
In the films, released between 2001 and 2011, the Olton Hall engine – now at the Warner Bros Studio Tour near Watford – starred as the Hogwarts Express.
Filming for the series began in May, with cast and crew seen setting up on the Île de Sein off the coast of Brittany, France.
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