Eurostar requires the travellers to check in 75 minutes' advance. What about other trains to York, Bath and Edinburgh? No need to check in a hour advance before departure? Thanks.
Off-peak or during peak tickets - must be onboard during off-peak (after 9:30am on weekday) and during peak (8:30am till 9:30am) weekday) respectively?
No need to check in. Just get on board when the track number is displayed.
Wow! How nice!
Eurostar needs the 75 minute check in because it is an international train.
Video of London to Edinburgh from Man in Seat 61:>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugpHj_e6ARo
They're just normal trains - you don't 'check in' at all, you just board. You won't even know which platform until 10 mins or so before departure. Bear in mind you will need to carry and show your own luggage.
And yes, offpeak tickets are for after 9.30am weekdays. Anytime tickets are as the name suggests.
"Eurostar needs the 75 minute check in because it is an international train."
No, that is not the reason. There are lots of international trains. Eurostar is literally the only one that requires advance check in.
The reason it is like that is that when Eurostar was set up railways were considered old fashioned, and on the way out by the then UK government, so they decided to make it more air travel like. So they added this check in and the security theatre. Whowever had the bright idea that adding the inconveniences of air travel to a train service should have some sense knocked in to them.
Brexit then added more complexities.
Officially it is still 30 minutes. And that is when I still plan to turn up.
Sorry, but Eurostar is the only international train to and from UK and Europe. The check in time in London is to account for security two lots of passport control. There ae also frequent long queues.
If you are travelling standard class, the gate closes 30 mins prior to departure.
Cut it fine at your own risk.
Sorry, but Eurostar is the only international train to and from UK and
Europe.
It is stiil the only international train that requires check in. It would be perfectly doable (and this was in fact originally planned) to do passport control on the train. The security theatre is not needed as well.
The check in and security theatre is the biggest obstacle to expanding Eurostar services. Without them we would have a lot more trains to a lot more destinations.
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