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UK leg of Orient Express to go.

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Nandalot Sat 15-Apr-23 18:03:29

Apparently, soon you will no longer be able to travel from London on the Orient Express. This is because you disembark the train onto a coach for the ferry, picking up a new Orient Express train in France. The passport delays have rendered this impossible.
Probably of more significance to the majority of us, we will soon be expected to pre-register before crossing to the continent, giving far more personal information than is now required.
Another consequence of Brexit,
www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/apr/15/brexit-orient-express-murder-london-folkestone-leg-route-border-delays

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MaizieD Sat 15-Apr-23 23:13:42

All in the interests of defending our borders..

Brexiters conveniently failed to realise that it works both ways and that other EU countries would be far more picky and controlling about letting us in when we became a third country.

I minded of a cartoon I see quite often on social media. Our island surrounded by a fence. Not only do we appear to not want to let people into the UK but we don't want to let our citizens out...

Apart from that, nothing to do with Brexit of course... 🙄

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Grantanow Sat 15-Apr-23 23:17:55

The gift that keeps on giving.

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