The newest journey casualty of Brexit is the direct “Disneyland Categorical” from the UK to the Magic Kingdom, east of Paris.
For the previous 26 years – with a quick interruption for Covid – Eurostar has been working high-speed trains from London to Disneyland Paris.
The service is extraordinarily standard with British households. It takes lower than two-and-a-half hours from St Pancras Worldwide to Marne-la-Vallée, the station exterior Disneyland Paris.
However the Channel Tunnel practice operator will abandon the route from 6 June 2023. Eurostar blames troublesome financial circumstances plus the logistical implications of Brexit and mentioned it was concentrating on the core cities it serves in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
In 2023 extra advanced guidelines are because of are available in for guests to the European Union. The brand new Entry Exit System (EES) entails a brand new database for registering travellers from exterior the EU and Schengen space as they arrive and depart.
The UK authorities negotiated for British passport holders to turn into topic to EES after leaving the EU.
A Eurostar spokesperson mentioned: “While we proceed to recuperate financially from the pandemic and monitor developments within the proposed EU Entry Exit System, we have to deal with our core routes.”
Julia Lo Bue-Mentioned, chief govt of the Benefit Journey Partnership, mentioned: “That is such disappointing information. I’ve used the service many instances over time with my very own kids, as have many tens of millions of British households.
“Nevertheless, this seems to be one other instance of the fallout from Brexit for travelling Brits, and presumably the pandemic, however I stay hopeful that given the UK is a key supply market to Disneyland Paris some pragmatic considering and sensible options will ensue.”
Ben Bradshaw, the previous Labour cupboard minister who’s a member of the Transport Choose Committee, mentioned: “The large prices and inconveniences of the Tories’ Brexit deal are clearer by the day.
“But each of the contenders for prime minister are in full denial, thrashing round blaming foreigners reasonably than going through the truth of the deal they voted for.”
A authorities spokesperson mentioned: “The Entry and Exit System will assist to guard and strengthen the safety of our borders by registering the entry, exit and any refused entries of third-country residents crossing into Europe.
“We’re working intently with port authorities, operators and the French authorities to ensure passengers are ready and don’t expertise pointless delays on the border because of new entry and exit system checks being launched subsequent 12 months.”
Final week, Eurostar blamed the identical elements – the post-Covid financial atmosphere and extra post-Brexit checks – for its resolution to not serve both of its stations in Kent till 2025 on the earliest.
Passengers from London will have the ability to journey by rail to Disneyland Paris with a change of practice at Lille.
