Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde, and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors
Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.
The other buses - that's the six coaches for local travel - will leave as arranged ...look at your Fact Sheets ...same times ... same place ... for local destinations, go to the West Gate.