Two "malicious" devices were left on railway tracks in a pro-Brexit sabotage attempt, police have said.

Since the UK left the EU on January 1, 2024, the country has departed from the bloc and its member states in a number of different ways when it comes to air, rail and sea travel.

Ministers say leaving the EU ‘has given the UK a world of future opportunities’. So I have tracked down the travel advantages.

Belmond’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express UK services will be cut next year, while Eurostar’s London–Disneyland Paris route will end in June.

Since the Brexit, a shift of volumes has been observed to Ireland, and rail is taking the benefit. In Ireland as well as in Europe, seabound cargo is reaching the hinterland by train. And the volumes continue to increase, judging by the number of vessels going out.

Regular rail freight services between Dublin Port and the intermodal terminal at Ballina in the north-west of Ireland have been suspended. The extraordinary cause is a backlog of cargo in the port, which operators blame on congestion in the wake of Brexit. The matter has been the subject of debate in the Irish parliament, and widely reported in Irish media.

Capacity at London St Pancras is down by one-third because of extra passport checks – meaning fewer seats and higher fares.

Eurostar has warned that Brexit formalities are threatening its business, although it is holding out hopes that a new digital immigration system will simplify the procedure in due course.

A LOCAL heritage railway has discovered that the movement of goods between Britain and Northern Ireland is not going full steam ahead post Brexit.

The Daily Express is shocked that the EU has decided to build better infrastructure only in countries which are members of the EU. / The pro-Brexit Daily Express is being brutally mocked after complaining about the fact that the UK is being left out of an EU rail project scheme, designed to connect more major cities across the continent.

IPPR thinktank rebuts claims that a leftwing Labour government’s hands would be tied by Brussels. / Britain could triple state aid spending to industry without breaching EU rules, according to a study that compares government subsidies to promote economic growth across Europe.

The UK’s second-biggest steel production company has been left in need of an emergency loan because of the failed Brexit negotiations. British Steel, which employs 5,000 people across the UK, is said to be in talks with Whitehall for a £100 million loan after it got frozen out of an EU-wide carbon trading scheme.

The sale of British Steel to Chinese firm Jingye could be scuppered by French intervention.

On 1 August 2023, the UK Government announced an “indefinite” extension to the recognition of CE marking for certain products placed on the market in Great Britain.

Post-Brexit trade disruption and ongoing congestion are causing critical build-ups of containers at UK ports, according to the latest data from Container xChange.

A busy rail freight line that ran cargo directly from Dublin Port to Ballina in Co Mayo for local businesses such as Coca-Cola has been suspended because the port is so clogged up following Brexit.

"Bloody EU, promoting international train travel to save the planet," Best For Britain said.

Brussels says offer is 'strictly time-limited'

39th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 21 May 2019 - HL Paper 355

Extra border checks mean St Pancras can't handle as many passengers as it did before Brexit.

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.

Border checks for British travellers introduced after Brexit have caused Eurostar’s peak capacity to drop by 30 per cent.

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.

New post-Brexit border controls could result in Eurostar being forced to limit passenger numbers travelling from London St Pancras every day, it has been reported.

The incredible shrinking network: Brexit plus refurbishment could see the number of stations served by the cross-Channel train operator cut from 13 to four.