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I have travelled to the continent several times on the Eurostar and each time I got my passport checked twice in St Pancras Station in London, within a few metr
by NoboruWataya 4y ago
I have travelled to the continent several times on the Eurostar and each time I got my passport checked twice in St Pancras Station in London, within a few metres of each other. Once by UK authorities and then by French authorities.
- Symbiote 4y agoAnd I have walked past the unmanned UK booths to the French one several times, but anecdotes are pretty useless in these discussions.
- NoboruWataya 4y agoWe're not debating statistical trends here, so blanket dismissals of "anecdotes" are themselves pretty useless. I was sharing my experience. Maybe you happened to be passing by while they were on their tea break, I don't know. I'm going again in a few weeks so will be interested to see if both booths are still functioning.
- Symbiote 4y agoThe UK introduced exit checks in 8 April 2015. My anecdote is from travel before then, yours after. Discussion-by-anecdote is pointless without dates etc, and a waste of time when it's easy enough to find the policy: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exit-checks-on-passengers-leaving-the-uk/exit-checks-fact-sheet https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exit-checks-on-pa...