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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Travel
Neil Lancefield & Milo Boyd

Eurostar trains forced to run with empty seats due to new Brexit rules

Eurostar is being forced to leave hundreds of seats empty on trains to and from London to avoid long queues at stations, the cross-Channel train operator said.

A cut in the number of border officials has increased the time it takes to process passengers departing from London St Pancras compared with before Brexit by 30%, according to Chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave.

The post-Brexit requirement to stamp UK passports for outbound travel is also contributing to the delay.

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