New UK rail speed record - 208mph - Long and off thread a bit !

CT <ct006e5977@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>> Ships ply around Lake Constance calling at German, Austrian and
>> Swiss ports - nobody says I can't go from Rorschach (Switzerland) to
>> Romanshorn (Switzerland) just becuse the ship happens to be continuing
>> across the lake to Friedrichshafen in Germany.
>>
>* It is probably the case, not having done the trip I could not say. If you
>catch a ferry to the Channel Islands you are checked by Special Branch

Is that always the case? I've travelled on the Holyhead-Dublin/Dun
Laoghaire ferry many times, and only once been stopped by an official on
arrival in the UK. I was asked if I could provide any ID... and
surprise, surprise, I was looking my scruffiest on that particular trip.

[...]
>There is also the question of legal jurisdiction. If the checks were made on
>board then once they reached French territory what legal jurisdiction would
>a UK official have ?

This can be sorted by treaty - e.g. Kent police have posts on the French
side of the tunnel and French police have posts on the English side.

--
Dave

Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.> writes
>> I never carry my passport to/from Ireland. It amuses me at Dublin
>> airport when people off a UK flight queue up to show their passport, I
>> merely stride purposefully past
>
>Flew to Dublin last week and couldn't even see a passport check.

It depends on which gate you arrive at. Ryanair and Aer Lingus flights
generally arrive at Pier A and you have to go through passport control
(although it may not always be staffed). Some other UK flights arrive
at Pier C and IIRC ground staff can route you so that you don't actually
have to go through passport control at all.

--
Dave