‘It’s quite amazing,” declares Eurostar’s Gwendoline Cazenave, fresh from St Pancras International station in London, where the cross-Channel rail operator has just launched its facial recognition check-in for business travellers. “You don’t need a ticket any more, you don’t need a passport to exit the UK.”
Passengers still go through security screening and France’s own passport control at the London end, but two of the four checks to reach the train are automatically cleared as registered users walk past recognition cameras, she says. Then, “safety checks and X-rays, the French border police, and … entry France!”
