The Man in Seat 61Feb 11, 2023
Eurostar say leisure travel is back to 100% of pre-pandemic levels & business travel 80-85%. But due to Brexit they can only provide 70% of pre-pandemic capacity. They've plans to resolve this including trialling online check-in, I've added a summary at https://www.seat61.com/news.htm
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Show threadQuixoticgeekFeb 11, 2023
@seatsixtyone Why don't they just reopen Ebbsfleet and Ashford? If the bottleneck is st Pancras, adding two more stations in the UK would increase how many seats they could sell, Surely?
Show threadMathieu 🏘️🚲🏙️🚆🚞🌄Feb 11, 2023
@quixoticgeek @seatsixtyone Because UK border force can't provide enough staff for that apparently.
Show threadQuixoticgeek
@slasherfun @seatsixtyone radical concept I know, but why doesn't UK border force hire some more staff ?
Feb 11, 2023 at 3:25pmWeb
Show threadMathieu 🏘️🚲🏙️🚆🚞🌄Feb 11, 2023
@quixoticgeek @seatsixtyone I guess because the British government hasn't increased (enough) border force budget for that.