Belmond said "enhanced passport and border controls" would make it too difficult to negotiate the border at Calais. It comes with the EU poised to introduce new biometric border checks later this year, known as the entry-exit scheme.
Belmond to axe UK leg of the Orient Express owing to Brexit
Operators
James Chapple
17 April 2023
The UK leg of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) will be scrapped next year, operator Belmond has confirmed.
The British Pullman London-Folkestone leg will be scrapped
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