Real Magical Transportation

There existed various methods of magical transportation - Magical transportation that goes beyond the broom that were employed by wizardkind across the wizarding world.
==Methods==
===Apparition===
Apparition allowed an individual to vanish and appear at another place almost instantly. The act of Apparating created a noise ranging from a small pop to a loud crack. It was difficult technique to master and became increasingly unreliable over long distances. It required complete concentration on the destination, determination and focus upon the desired location, and deliberation and certainty of reaching the goal. Only of-age wizards who qualified for licences may have been able to legally Apparate. 
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry offered Apparition lessons to students ages seventeen and older. 
Side-Along Apparition allowed those with licences to bring minors along with them. Poor focus may have resulted in Splinching, which caused body parts to be separated and left behind. The process of Apparition was said to feel like being "forced through a very tight rubber tube".
===Floo Network===
Floo powder was a magical green powder that was thrown into a lit fireplace and allowed for a portal to connect to another fireplace at a desired location. The system was operated and overseen by the Floo Network, which was based at the British Ministry of Magic. 
A fireplace had to be connected to the Floo Network for one to travel to it, and fireplaces could be connected temporarily, in the case of travelling to Muggle homes. The Floo Network could also be used as a form of communication between wizards.
For America, the Magical Congress of the United States of America oversaw the Floo Network. The network appeared to be divided into regions as the "Southern Floo Network", as mentioned in the newspaper The New York Ghost.
===Flying===
Wizards used broomsticks to travel long distances, or for sport, particularly in the game Quidditch. This skill of flying on brooms was taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to first-years in Flying classes. The Cushioning Charm invented by Elliot Smethwyck provided comfort on broomsticks. Some modern broomsticks included the Comet, Cleansweep, Nimbus, and Firebolt.
In Asia and the Middle East, flying carpets were the primary form of wizarding transport, but were currently designated as Muggle artefacts in Britain and were therefore illegal to enchant. They also could not be imported, despite at least one merchant's continued efforts to do so. This ban seemed to be relatively recent as Bartemius Crouch Senior's grandfather owned a flying Axminster before they were made illegal.
Vehicles such as cars and motorcycles could also be modified to be capable of flight, though this was also technically illegal under Misuse of Muggle Artefacts laws.
A range of flying magical creatures were also available for transport, such as Thestrals and Hippogriffs. When visiting Hogwarts for the 1994 Triwizard Tournament, the Beauxbatons students travelled in a carriage drawn by Abraxan winged horses. Day students of Mahoutokoro (students between the ages of seven and eleven) that did not board at the school flew on the backs of flocks of giant storm petrels every day.
===Ground travel===
The Knight Bus took stranded wizards to anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Hogwarts students were transported to and from the school on the Hogwarts Express, a train that departed from a magically hidden rail platform from King's Cross Station, London. Ministry cars could be used to get to King's Cross Station.
Very rarely, a Centaur would allow a human to ride on its back. This was the most solemn of events, offered only to highly honoured riders.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Real-Magic
Category:Transportation