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Hundreds of seats left empty on London-Paris Eurostar trains due to Brexit passport checks
24/01/2023
ondon trains leave Amsterdam at least 78% empty because of constraints on UK border checks. / Thousands of seats are deliberately going unsold on Eurostar trains every day as the cross-Channel train operator struggles with post-Brexit passport controls.
Brexit not okay for Kent
25/10/2022
Note that the slogans on these placards all represent news that has reached us about the effects of Brexit on Kent specifically. Some of these have featured in articles in Kent Bylines, as linked in the explanations below.
EU fingerprint checks and travel chaos expected next summer as SNP blame Brexit 2 hrs ago
13/10/2022
FINGERPRINT checks set to be introduced on the EU border could cause significant disruption to holidaymakers, industry experts have warned.
Border checks for British travellers introduced after Brexit have caused Eurostar’s peak capacity to drop by 30 per cent.
The head of Eurostar says that even with all border booths manned, queues are growing and the station can only process 1,500 passengers an hour compared with 2,200 in 2019.
Outgoing Eurostar boss says Brexit has led to reduced capacity, fewer trains and higher prices
27/09/2022
Jacques Damas claimed long daily queues at London St Pancras are only being avoided by the company limiting capacity. / Extra Brexit border checks mean the processing rate for passengers at Eurostar’s London station has been cut by nearly a third, according to the cross-Channel rail operator’s boss.
Eurostar blames Brexit as 'main factor' in cutting Disneyland Paris trains and St Pancras station delays
27/09/2022
Extra border checks mean St Pancras can't handle as many passengers as it did before Brexit.
Problems faced by Eurostar as a result of the pandemic, Brexit and rising costs have been set out in detail in a letter from outgoing CEO Jacques Damas to the Chair of the UK’s House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
Capacity at London St Pancras is down by one-third because of extra passport checks – meaning fewer seats and higher fares.
Eurostar has announced it will scrap London to Disneyland direct services from next summer due to the impact of Brexit and Covid.
Travel agents say the UK's withdrawal from the EU "has taken away the seamless and frictionless travel" that Britons previously enjoyed.
Europe-bound trains won’t stop at Ashford and Ebbsfleet International stations for at least ‘two to three years’.
Brits have been banned from taking their bicycles onboard Eurostar services to destinations including Paris, Lille and Brussels due to post-Brexit issues with customs rules.
Brexit border queues to hit holidaymakers when travel rebounds in 2022, MPs warn Government
10/02/2022
Eurostar and Dover are at risk of Brexit border delays this summer when passenger numbers return to pre-pandemic levels, says parliamentary watchdog.
Brexit… out of fashion in Somerset
04/05/2021
It would be fair to say that businesses in Somerset are now really starting to feel the effects of Brexit and our new trade deals with the EU and the rest of the world. From all the businesses I have spoken to so far the effects have ranged from bureaucratic nightmares with unnecessary paperwork and extra costs to complete shutdowns of exports.
France could deploy customs officers to patrol Eurostar trains after Brexit transition period
19/12/2020
Eurostar has also warned passengers of post-Brexit requirements.
European commission insists letting UK nationals use e-gates would breach EU law
‘Worst case scenario’ also warns of passengers waiting hours to board Chunnel trains to continent.
Exclusive: document seen by the Guardian says core IT system not due to be tested until November.
Brexifornia: Checking out but never leaving
08/06/2020
Brexit will never be over.
Brexit is killing off music tours in EU and industry may not survive immigration crackdown, government warned
12/05/2020
More than two-thirds of musicians say bookings dried up because of visa red tape and cost – even before coronavirus struck
Eurostar suspended: Man wearing England flag arrested after trespassing on tracks on day of 'Brexit betrayal' march
30/03/2019
A 44-year-old man has been arrested after Eurostar trains from London were suspended because of a protester draped in a St George’s flag.
Huge queues as French customs staff stage Brexit drill for Eurostar at Gare du Nord in Paris
06/03/2019
French customs staff stage work-to-rule to demonstrate March 29 reality. One border guard declared: 'This will be what it is like after Brexit. Back to 1970s.'