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Arrived to Brussels Midi/Zuid. If the boarding in London was poorly designed, the offboarding in Brussels was beyond atrocious, even dangerous: a narrow passage, cramming everyone to a standstill, winding a couple of times, particularly narrow in front of a few policemen and a sign that said "adouane" (border), despite borders not existing within the EU (police checks at borders between member countries are illegal), and having already crossed into the EU at London St. Pancras itself with a double exit/entry passport control to begin with. No passenger was asked for their passport, that I could see, so it was all an exercise on surface designed to annoy people.

On the positive side, the Eurostar's internal speakers helpfully announced the track of the German DB train to Frankfurt; reaching it was something else, signage isn't great.

#CrossBorderRail #Eurostar #Brussels #Belgium #trains

#trains #belgium #brussels #eurostar #crossborderrail

Albert Cardona @[email protected] · 2026-09-27 · 14:30 UTC

Arrived to Brussels Midi/Zuid. If the boarding in London was poorly designed, the offboarding in Brussels was beyond atrocious, even dangerous: a narrow passage, cramming everyone to a standstill, winding a couple of times, particularly narrow in front of a few policemen and a sign that said "adouane" (border), despite borders not existing within the EU (police checks at borders between member countries are illegal), and having already crossed into the EU at London St. Pancras itself with a double exit/entry passport control to begin with. No passenger was asked for their passport, that I could see, so it was all an exercise on surface designed to annoy people.

On the positive side, the Eurostar's internal speakers helpfully announced the track of the German DB train to Frankfurt; reaching it was something else, signage isn't great.

#CrossBorderRail #Eurostar #Brussels #Belgium #trains

#trains #belgium #brussels #eurostar #crossborderrail

Albert Cardona @[email protected] · 2026-09-27 · 14:30 UTC

Arrived to Brussels Midi/Zuid. If the boarding in London was poorly designed, the offboarding in Brussels was beyond atrocious, even dangerous: a narrow passage, cramming everyone to a standstill, winding a couple of times, particularly narrow in front of a few policemen and a sign that said "adouane" (border), despite borders not existing within the EU (police checks at borders between member countries are illegal), and having already crossed into the EU at London St. Pancras itself with a double exit/entry passport control to begin with. No passenger was asked for their passport, that I could see, so it was all an exercise on surface designed to annoy people.

On the positive side, the Eurostar's internal speakers helpfully announced the track of the German DB train to Frankfurt; reaching it was something else, signage isn't great.

#CrossBorderRail #Eurostar #Brussels #Belgium #trains

#crossborderrail #eurostar #brussels #belgium #trains

Albert Cardona @[email protected] · 2026-09-27 · 14:30 UTC

Arrived to Brussels Midi/Zuid. If the boarding in London was poorly designed, the offboarding in Brussels was beyond atrocious, even dangerous: a narrow passage, cramming everyone to a standstill, winding a couple of times, particularly narrow in front of a few policemen and a sign that said "adouane" (border), despite borders not existing within the EU (police checks at borders between member countries are illegal), and having already crossed into the EU at London St. Pancras itself with a double exit/entry passport control to begin with. No passenger was asked for their passport, that I could see, so it was all an exercise on surface designed to annoy people.

On the positive side, the Eurostar's internal speakers helpfully announced the track of the German DB train to Frankfurt; reaching it was something else, signage isn't great.

#CrossBorderRail #Eurostar #Brussels #Belgium #trains

#trains #belgium #brussels #eurostar #crossborderrail

Albert Cardona @[email protected] · 2026-09-27 · 14:30 UTC

Arrived to Brussels Midi/Zuid. If the boarding in London was poorly designed, the offboarding in Brussels was beyond atrocious, even dangerous: a narrow passage, cramming everyone to a standstill, winding a couple of times, particularly narrow in front of a few policemen and a sign that said "adouane" (border), despite borders not existing within the EU (police checks at borders between member countries are illegal), and having already crossed into the EU at London St. Pancras itself with a double exit/entry passport control to begin with. No passenger was asked for their passport, that I could see, so it was all an exercise on surface designed to annoy people.

On the positive side, the Eurostar's internal speakers helpfully announced the track of the German DB train to Frankfurt; reaching it was something else, signage isn't great.

#CrossBorderRail #Eurostar #Brussels #Belgium #trains

#trains #belgium #brussels #eurostar #crossborderrail