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They do that everywhere else for international trains

• willsmith72 3y ago
  > everywhere else that's my question, where? the only places I've done that were between countries with very special travel relationships, e.g. schengen. you can travel those countries without a passport and often no border check at all, it's not the same as uk-netherlands
  • amanda99 3y ago
    Pre-Ukraine situation there used to be a train between Helsinki (Finland) and St Petersburg (Russia) that did this: border checks on a high-speed train. Definitely some of the more serious checks and visa requirements on that border as well.
  • zilti 3y ago
    Especially eastern Europe. And it used to be done all across Europe before Schengen.
    • avar 3y ago
      It's still done even within Schengen, e.g. last year I took an overnight train from Vienna to Amsterdam, a trip entirely within Schengen. German police boarded the train at the first station in Germany and walked the train to check everyone's passport.