Extra Brexit border checks at the Eurostar terminal in London have led to longer queues and capacity has been cut by nearly a third
Stamping a passport at St Pancras adds 15 seconds to the time it takes to process passengers and queues have been building.
He said even with all border booths manned, the station can only process a"maximum" of 1,500 passengers per hour compared with 2,200 in 2019, before the Brexit transition period ended. Mr Damas also said that Eurostar took out loans of £500 million because of the drop in income caused by the pandemic.
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