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Sorry - that makes sense of course. For some reason the site made it look like this was posted this week for me, hence my confusion thinking but there aren't any big strikes this week.

Hi can I just check you mean this Friday, 15 March? There was a general strike last Friday, 8 March which is pretty standard where International Women's Day is a focal point for strikes. This week based on Italian media I can only see tomorrow (13 March) where RFI (Italian version of Network...

Looks very much like a prototype model for the ferries the DDR/GDR built for rail freight with the USSR in the 1980s. These were from memory the largest rail ferries ever built and held a world record for that. The port at Sassnitz/Mukran on the Island of Rügen was built specially by the GDR for...

I was editing when you replied - as I have made clear in my full reply, I do not intend to cause any offence. I am sorry you feel that way, but I do not recognise your characterisation of my posts or me being obnoxious, but of course if you wish to point me to a specific issue in support of your...

Calm down - it is quite amusing you getting so exercised here. This is a railway forum on the internet and that is its primary purpose. I am not belittling anyone and am sorry if you feel so. Yes, my posts are rooted in the law and there to assist the more unhelpful elements of wild speculation...

Because those countries have ID to allow proof of who you are to access services in your own country. It it nothing to do with travel, the acceptance of an agreed set of standards to allow them to be used as such within Schengen came later (yes you can be asked for proof even if not the norm)...

Well that is lovely, except 1) I don't have a paper ID (and I do chuckle at your idea of telling citizens validly issued an ID card by their country that sorry it is not no longer valid because some bloke in the UK says you need a digital one now) 2) I would obviously enter the UK on my UK...

As a dual British-Italian national, I can certainly confirm there were limited cohorts of Italians that were not until the last 12 months being issued the biometric ID cards. One of those ironically were those of us living abroad and under a consulate for our admin as there was a delay in having...

This topic in some shape of form comes up regularly. The OP asked reasonable questions, and yet as so often there is so much conjecture that has no bearing on the actual law in the thread I don't know whether to laugh or cry (also some sensible and helpful replies). I have posted this already...

I used to live there as a student in the early 2000s and went back again a couple of years ago. Think most things have been covered - it is a very good network for the size of the town and the locals like their "Red Arnold". Essentially the routes do a loop around the old town iteself - if you...

The FAQ lists each line outside BW where it is valid - see here. That lists certain validity extensions e.g. into Rheinland-Pfalz. No suggestion anywhere that you can get beyond Kehl when heading towards Strasbourg. Not sure if helpful, but the neighboring Oretnau PTE does offer tickets that...

You do know the US requires any passenger to immigrate on arrival even if directly connecting to a non-US destination, right? It is an outlier in not offering air side direct international connection, so in your example as with all US bound pax, they are forced to be treated as entering the US...

And why should those airports/airlines and countries pay for a UK border point on their territory? Sure it is "nice" for travellers heading that way, but really quite detached from the reality of the situation unless you view everything as needing to help out the UK at any cost. The UK border is...

I am not going to be drawn on asylum, sorry as that is a complex and different topic. Apples and Oranges spring to mind re US pre clearance - they reflect flows and demand for a specific set of circumstances for the US and those countriws. The last point is a but of an exceptionalism for the...

Your guess is as good as mine as a member of the public, but yes these large gov IT projects tend to go that way. Meant to start testing in 2023 I believe.

I wondered when asylum would come up, which is a completely distinct point and has nothing to do with legal rights to enter a country: you can claim it and it is for the receiving state to assess that. I suggest we leave that there as it is well OT and let's hope none of us find ourselves in...

Yes should be in for 2024 under Home Office plans

I think there are more fundamental issues at play in terms of viability of the services commercially. Part of that also involves the UK government's position around controls and the need to staff them in France when Border Force has been under staffed for a number of years already. Undoubtedly...

OK so I appreciate I am in the minority here as someone who actually deals in the law rather than conjecture (blame the day job), but I thought the below help as the greatest hits seem to come up time and time again since Brexit and we have 2/3 threads touching on this at the moment. The...

Pure single leg pricing is something that only really came in with low cost carriers.