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London-Berlin trains on the drawing board for UK-German rail taskforce (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

Where in Berlin are they going to find a spare platform they can install UK immigration control infrastructure around (of the sort they have in Paris/Brussels)? Given the long distance such a journey would cover, the demand would be lower than from a 3-hour Eurostar trip, meaning that taking a station platform and enough space for passport control booths just for a few passengers would be of dubious value.