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by nyreed
923 days ago
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The only appreciable difference I see a need for a border guard to physically inspect and stamp passports, which I suspect slows things down. I guess EITAS checks in the future too. Once EES comes into effect the stamps may not be necessary anyway, but much like fusion, it's perpetually 6 months away. |
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The main difference is that pre-2021 UK travellers simply had to show travel documents whereas now they have to get them stamped.
On the surface, it isn't clear to me why that makes much of a difference in service time, but the CEO of Eurostar pointed a finger to these changes in January: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64390979, claiming their trains carry 30% fewer passengers due to station bottlenecks.
And yes, they claim the EES checks should help speed this bottleneck.