How Eurostar passengers can avoid UK passport checks

Eurostar passengers departing from London can avoid manual checks of tickets and passports by UK officials through a facial recognition system.
The launch of the technology at St Pancras is aimed at easing congestion.
To participate, passengers must use an app before travel to scan their identity document and verify their face and ticket.
At the station they walk in front of a screen and have their face detected.
If they are approved they can proceed through doors which open automatically.
The SmartCheck system, developed by iProov, is available to Business Premier and Carte Blanche passengers.
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[@adventuresofluqmitakbi2138]

A dystopian nightmare

[@lazrseagull54]

Since the UK is the only country on the European High speed rail network that needs border checks, I've never understood why they don't just do all that on the UK side. That way, you could have services from the UK to all over Europe without requiring major train stations everywhere to make room for passport and security checks and to reserve a whole platform just for UK bound trains, that then can't be used by other trains. I believe that's the reason we never got a Cologne - London service.

[@lonalxaia]

No thank you.

[@_GorgeousGeorge]

But without queues how will rejoiners gloat?

[@guff9567]

Brexit means Brexit. Say no to this